When and Why Would Courts Defer to Other Entities? [No. 86]

How does a court decide to give deference to the decisions of an administrative agency?
Professor Gary Lawson outlines four possible reasons that a court might defer to an agency. When evaluating a particular court opinion that relies on a previous agency decision, the rationale for the court’s deference needs to be taken in account.
Professor Gary Lawson is the Philip S. Beck Professor at Boston University School of Law.
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Gorsuch's opinion in Kisor explains well that Auer deference is the tipping of the scales of justice in favor of the government against the citizen. On the other hand, the intellectually small reassurances in Kagan's opinion are good for those who want to live in an administrative state rather than a republic. Roberts is in the latter category.

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So, would it b easier to show that the previous decision maker did not follow its own due process when making that decision?

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