OPINION | ARKANSAS SPORTSMAN: Chevron will transform fish, wildlife conservation

Though unnoticed by the public, the United States Supreme Court's recent "Chevron" decision will profoundly affect duck, fisheries and forest management in Arkansas.

In June, the Supreme Court in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo overruled its landmark 1984 decision in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council. That decision created the "Chevron Doctrine" by which the court vested almost all regulatory authority in the departments of the executive branch.

Under the Chevron Doctrine, if Congress did not directly address the question in dispute, a court was required to uphold an agency's "reasonable" interpretation of its regulation. That empowered agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to make law independent of a constitutional process.

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