FCC’s Carr: Loper Bright ‘Directionally a Really Good Thing’

WASHINGTON, July 17, 2024 – The Federal Communications Commission’s senior Republican said on Wednesday he supported the Supreme Court’s latest move to reign in the authority of federal agencies.

The Supreme Court’s June decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo overruled the Chevron Doctrine, reversing a four-decade-old precedent that required federal courts to defer to federal agencies’ interpretations of ambiguous laws, so long as they were reasonable.