Supreme Court Lengthens Time Frame to Challenge Agency Rules
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision on July 1 that will increase the amount of time CEOs and businesses have to challenge federal agency regulations. The majority opinion, written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, noted that the dissent “warns that today’s opinion will devastate the functioning of the federal government. … This claim is baffling—indeed, bizarre—in a case about a statute of limitations.” We’ve gathered articles on the news from SHRM Online and other outlets. High Court Ruling and Dissent In Corner Post Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, t he court ruled that a six-year statute of limitations for filing Administrative Procedure Act (APA) lawsuits begins to run when a regulation first affects a company , rather than when it’s first issued. In dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote that the decision, along with Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, erodes the power of administrative agencies. (The New York Times and The Hill) Chevron Defe...