Twelve Days of WEX-mas: What's at stake for the Supreme Court in 2024?
by Kaelan Deese, Supreme Court Reporter
December 29, 2023 07:00 AMIn the spirit of the season, the Washington Examiner has identified 12 issues we believe will shape 2024 — and beyond. These close-up examinations of agenda-setting issues cover everything from the battle between the Biden family's business deals and Republican oversight to the emergence of a "new world order" and fights over redistricting and new election maps. Part Five is about the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court will begin the second part of its nine-month term in January with some of the most high-stakes cases of the term so far, including disputes that could undermine agency authority significantly and redefine the powers of the Biden administration.
Jan. 8 will mark the justices' return to the bench and the resumption of a term that has widely been described as the Supreme Court's examination of administrative state powers, as a handful of major cases this term have questioned whether Congress truly intended these executive agencies to assume such broad authority.
As of Dec. 21, the Supreme Court has agreed to consider at least 52 cases, 29 of which have already been heard or are currently scheduled for argument. This term, the high court has already delved into voting and redistricting, novel social media law questions, the legality of firearms restrictions for domestic violence offenders, and a major opioid bankruptcy suit.
Here are the top Supreme Court cases to watch in 2024:
Three cases that could dismantle the administrative stateJudicial conservatives have long criticized the 1984 precedent known as the Chevron doctrine by arguing that it unconstitutionally transfers judicial powers and legislative powers to the executive branch and limits the judicial branch's role in determining what the law is. The doctrine tells federal courts to accept an agency's reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute that the agency administers, even if that court would disagree or choose an alternate interpretation.
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