With Chevron reversal, Supreme Court paves way for a 'legal earthquake'
Four days after the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Loper Bright Enterprises vs. Raimondo, overturning the 40-year-old precedent known as the Chevron deference, the justices announced they would be sending nine cases back to lower courts in light of their ruling. This batch of cases may be the first indication of the legal upheaval that could play out across the United States judiciary now that one of the most widely cited Supreme Court opinions has been reversed. "The majority's decision today will cause a massive shock to the legal system," Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her dissenting opinion. By reversing its 1984 ruling in the case of Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council — which let judges defer to federal agencies' interpretation of statutes when language was unclear — the court slash