How much should 80k’s US policy career advice change in light of the Supreme Court striking down Chevron deference? My quick take: In principle this is more power for the judiciary, but they still lack the power to initiate policy changes. So my quick take is it probably means someone who was undecided or weakly in favor of executive branch should try to get a job in Congress now. Should be a premium on experts who can write detailed legislation well now that that responsibility can’t be delegated to the agencies. Interested in hearing others’ thoughts.
One issue I missed above: because Congressional action typically requires consensus far more than the executive branch which is under the control of a single party, bipartisanship is now more important.
How much should 80k’s US policy career advice change in light of the Supreme Court striking down Chevron deference? My quick take: In principle this is more power for the judiciary, but they still lack the power to initiate policy changes. So my quick take is it probably means someone who was undecided or weakly in favor of executive branch should try to get a job in Congress now. Should be a premium on experts who can write detailed legislation well now that that responsibility can’t be delegated to the agencies. Interested in hearing others’ thoughts.
Yeah my assumption is the same skills are in still in demand in roughly the same proportions but you’ll just be working in a different building.
The main impact is if you were planning on working on implementing some rule that now faces serious constitutional questions and might be struck down.
One issue I missed above: because Congressional action typically requires consensus far more than the executive branch which is under the control of a single party, bipartisanship is now more important.