House Democrats are promoting legislation to dampen the effect of Supreme Court rulings that could open federal rules to new legal attacks.
The “Corner Post Reversal Act,” introduced Thursday by Reps. Jerrold Nadler of New York and Lou Correa of California, would undo the effects of a Supreme Court decision in June that gave parties more time to file lawsuits challenging federal regulations.
Their legislation follows the proposal of H.R. 1507, the “Stop Corporate Capture Act,” which would codify Chevron deference. The Supreme Court overruled the 40-year-old doctrine in a separate ruling in late June, launching efforts in Congress to write new legislation, reexamine old rules and staff offices with regulatory experts.
“This bill, in conjunction with the Stop Corporate Capture Act, addresses the need to protect longstanding and long-working rules established by administrative agencies and protect our federal system from arbitrary and frivolous attacks that would have been welcomed under the Corner Post holding,” said Nadler, the highest-ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, in a statement.
