July 3, 2024

Last week the Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine, established in 1984, which had directed courts to defer to federal agencies’ reasonable interpretations of ambiguous laws. This Supreme Court decision states that the Administrative Procedures Act does not require executive agencies to be given deference in their rule making when a term in a statute is ambiguous. The decision could lead to more conflicting decisions on regulatory challenges and require Congress to write statutes with specificity to avoid legal ambiguities.

July is the month with the greatest pest pressure and hence the busiest time of the year for Agriculture’s Air Force to protect U.S. cropland. Unfortunately, it is also the month that accumulates the highest number of ag aviation accidents, including fatal ones. Before July 1, 2024, there were already seven fatal ag accidents.