The Supreme Court will hear arguments next month in a pair of cases that center on reviving a long-dormant legal doctrine that has the potential to curtail the power of federal agencies.
Arguments in Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research, as well as SHLB Coalition v. Consumers’ Research, are scheduled for a consolidated hearing on March 26, according to a calendar published Monday by the court.
Both cases challenge efforts to apply the nondelegation doctrine, which holds that Congress cannot hand off policymaking decisions to federal agencies such as EPA.
The court is scheduled to hear a trio of cases challenging EPA on March 25: EPA v. Calumet Shreveport Refining along with Oklahoma v. EPA and PacifiCorp v. EPA, which will be heard together.
