The James Wilson Foundation on Natural Rights and the American Founding

“Chevron Deference, Conservatism’s Pivot, and Scalia’s Mantle”

by James Wilson Institute on March 10, 2023
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Garrett Snedeker and Prof. Jesse Merriam sit down with Daniel Osborne to discuss their reviews of Prof. Thomas Merrill’s recent book, The Chevron Doctrine: Its Rise and Fall and the Future of the Administrative State. They demonstrate the pivot in the Conservative Legal Movement that once promoted Chevron Deference among judges and now openly opposes the decision as a mistake, diving into some of the reasons behind this shift over the past decade.

The podcast can be found here.

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