I’m very skeptical of this. Chevron deference didn’t even exist until 1984, and the US had some pretty effective regulatory agencies before then. Similarly, many states have rejected the idea of Chevron deference (e.g. Delaware) and I am not aware of any strong evidence that they have suffered ‘chaos’.
In some ways it might be an improvement from the perspective of safety regulation: getting rid of Chevron would reduce the ability of future, less safety-cautious administrations to relax the rules without the approval of Congress. To the extent you are worried about regulatory capture, you should think that Chevron is a risk. I think the main crux is whether you expect Congress or the Regulators to have a better security mindset, which seems like it could go either way.
In general the ProPublica link seems more like a hatchet job than a serious attempt the understand the issue.
Chevron deference is a legal doctrine that limits the ability of courts to overrule federal agencies. It’s increasingly being challenged, and may be narrowed or even overturned this year. https://www.eenews.net/articles/chevron-doctrine-not-dead-yet/
This would greatly limit the ability of, for example, a new regulatory agency on AI Governance to function effectively.
More:
This argues it would lead to regulatory chaos, and not simply deregulation: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/what-happens-if-supreme-court-ends-chevron-deference
This describes the Koch network influence on Clarence Thomas. The Kochs are behind the upcoming challenge to Chevron: https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-secretly-attended-koch-brothers-donor-events-scotus
I’m very skeptical of this. Chevron deference didn’t even exist until 1984, and the US had some pretty effective regulatory agencies before then. Similarly, many states have rejected the idea of Chevron deference (e.g. Delaware) and I am not aware of any strong evidence that they have suffered ‘chaos’.
In some ways it might be an improvement from the perspective of safety regulation: getting rid of Chevron would reduce the ability of future, less safety-cautious administrations to relax the rules without the approval of Congress. To the extent you are worried about regulatory capture, you should think that Chevron is a risk. I think the main crux is whether you expect Congress or the Regulators to have a better security mindset, which seems like it could go either way.
In general the ProPublica link seems more like a hatchet job than a serious attempt the understand the issue.
I’m not knowledgeable enough to argue this, actually! (So apologies if the main part sounds too confident—I wanted to put the possibility out there)