US Supreme Court to Consider Curbing Authority of Federal Regulatory Agencies
- Appeal seeks to overturn ruling giving US agencies authority
- Court will take up regulation case for review in October term
The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC.
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The US Supreme Court will consider overturning a decades-old legal doctrine that has given federal regulators broad power to define their authority, accepting an appeal that aims to put new constraints on environmental, consumer-protection and financial-watchdog agencies.
The move sets up the nine-month term that starts in October as a potential blockbuster for the power of regulatory agencies. The court, which has already rolled back agency power in a series of cases, said previously it will consider whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding system is constitutional.