Your argument case 221219, leless versus the department of commerce. Marston martin as. Mister chief justice, may it please the court. For too long chevron has distorted the judicial process and undermined stato inrpretation. It should be overruled for three reasons, first, cheon violates the constitution. Article 3 a pers judges to say what the law is. It requires them to interpret federal statutes using their stnd independent judgment. Chevron undermines that du. It reallocate interpreti authorities from courts to agencies and forces courts to adopt inferior agency constructions that are issued for political or policy reasons. In doingso, chevron blocks judges from serving as faithful agents of congress. It mandates judicial biaan encourages agency overreach. By removing key checks on ecutive power it threatens individual liberty. Chevron also violates the apa, the most straightforward reading of section 706 requires review of legal questions. Congre put constitutional and statutory
[inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. There are thousands of federal buildings across the country that not only serve as workplaces for federal employees, but also host daily visitors who come to access important federal services and help keep our government functioning efficiently. These facilities face a range of security threats that put both people and property at risk. And of those threats are only continuing to grow. Threats related to domestic and International Terrorism and even disinformation are rising and according to the department of homeland security, can endanger our federal personnel and Critical Infrastructure. Todays hearing will focus on what actions are needed to secure the 9,000 federal facilities overseen by dhs federal protective services. The facilities host the mold of bold ofthe civilian and federal employees and are visited by 1. 4 million americans each and every day. Currently the federal facilities are secured through a twostep proces
The Environmental Protection agency. I want to welcome also the epa chief Financial Officer who is joining the administrator. Administrator is here. We are seeing the impacts everywhere. Longer fire seasons and more intensity of those fires decreased snow packs and the impact of that on our rivers and irrigation waters. The more Severe Weather events of the Atmospheric River as weve heard so much about on the west coast this year to warmer algae infested leaks across the country to droughts and record a shattering heat waives. Every part of the world was is experiencing these impacts and the damage is staggering and is going to increase exponentially unless we act decisively. I believe that to me ats this moment we have to accelerate our transition from fossil fuel energy to renewable energy. And we have to tackle that crisis both from supplyside of fossil fuels as wells as the demand side. This is why i adamantly opposed the biden administrations approval of the fossil fuel projects o
Doctrine or keep it. Chief Justice Roberts well hear argument first this morning in case 221219, relentless versus the department of commerce. Mr. Martinez. Oral argument of Roman Martinez on behalf of the petitioners martinez mr. Chief justice, and may it please the court for too long, chevron has distorted the judicial process and undermined statutory interpretation. It should be overruled for three reasons. First, chevron violates the constitution. Article iii empowers judges to say what the law is. It requires them to interpret federal statutes using their best and independent judgment. Chevron undermines that duty. It reallocates Interpretive Authority from courts to agencies, and it forces courts to adopt inferior agency constructions that are issued for political or policy reasons. In doing so, chevron blocks judges from serving as faithful agents of congress. It mandates judicial bias and encourages agency overreach. And by removing key checks on executive power, it threatens i
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