The Supreme Court’s term ends with a rash of divisive rulings

Justice Barrett’s downplaying of that case was misplaced. In her dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson contended that the decision magnified the fallout from Loper Bright v Raimondo, the case that spelt the demise of the Chevron doctrine. This might have been the most important rule governing government that most Americans had never heard of—until the court struck it down this term too. “The tsunami of lawsuits against agencies” would empower plaintiffs to challenge long-settled regulations issued by federal agencies, she warned, and could “devastate the functioning of the federal government”.