SCOTUS ruling upends rescheduling

In late June the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a 40-year old precedent that has been enormously influential in how the federal government regulates industry. Known as Chevron Deference, it required courts to defer to how federal agencies’ interpretations of the law, which they reached through rulemaking processes. No longer. Federal courts are now empowered to challenge agency rules. 

Until now, the federal regulatory state has had relatively little involvement in legalization. But this massive upheaval comes just as . . .