Supreme Court Starts New Term; Ranchers Are Taking USDA to High Court Over FACA

Supreme Court Starts New Term
The U.S. Supreme Court began its Fall 2022 term on Monday, October 3rd, 2022. NCLA has several cases pending before SCOTUS in cases involving Chevron deference, ATF’s bump stock ban, and SEC enforcement proceedings.

Vec discusses the start of the new SCOTUS term.

Ranchers Are Taking USDA to High Court Over FACA
NCLA has filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court in R-CALF USA v. USDA, asserting that USDA’s sub-agency, APHIS, failed to comply with statutory requirements in the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) when it established two advisory committees. The Tenth Circuit let APHIS off the hook based on an unduly confined interpretation of “established” that would gut FACA. U.S. courts of appeals have issued sharply conflicting decisions on the issues presented in this case—warranting Supreme Court review to resolve the split in authority.

Mark explains NCLA’s cert. petition in R-CALF v. USDA.