FAQ: What is the Major Questions Doctrine?, by Will Yeatman and Frank Garrison

In West Virginia v. EPA, the Supreme Court announced the arrival of the major questions doctrine (MQD), or the principle that agencies can’t turn old laws into new laws through expansive statutory interpretation. It is probably the most important doctrinal development in administrative law since Chevron v. NRDC. In the FAQ below, we try to … Continue reading FAQ: What is the Major Questions Doctrine?, by Will Yeatman and Frank Garrison