Trump's Supreme Court Nominee Skeptical Of Federal Agency Power
Judge Neil Gorsuch has said deferring to agencies is an abdication of judicial responsibility. He is expected to be grilled on this at Monday's confirmation hearings.
At most Supreme Court confirmation hearings, questions focus on hot-button social issues — abortion, affirmative action, same-sex marriage — and the hearings next week on Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will be no exception.
But senators are also likely to spend a lot of time examining the nominee's views on federal regulations — of the environment, health and safety laws for workers, and laws on consumer rights and business.
In question is a doctrine that Gorsuch has criticized but that also once helped his mother.
The Chevron doctrine
The Chevron decision is perhaps the most cited case
