SCOTUS Rejects Chevron Challenge, Gorsuch Dissents; Senate Control & Its Effect on Admin Agencies

SCOTUS Rejects Challenge to Chevron in VA Benefits Suit, Gorsuch Dissents

NCLA filed a cert. petition in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of U.S. Air Force veteran Thomas Buffington against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), seeking to overturn the Federal Circuit’s disregard of the pro-veteran canon of statutory construction in determining his benefits. On November 7th, 2022, the Supreme Court denied NCLA’s cert. petition, with Justice Neil Gorsuch delivering a 16-page dissent.

Mark shares aspects of Justice Gorsuch’s dissent in Buffington v. McDonough.

Senate Control and Its Effect on Administrative Agencies

Vec discusses Senate control and its effect on administrative agencies.