US Supreme Court deals fresh blow to federal agencies’ power with truck stop ruling | Semafor

The US Supreme Court dealt another blow to federal agencies on Monday, opening the door for regulations to be challenged long after they take effect.

The court ruled 6-3 along ideological lines in favor of a North Dakota truck stop that wants to sue over a regulation on debit card swipe fees that a federal appeals court upheld 10 years ago — despite federal law mandating a six-year deadline for such challenges.

The decision is expected to lead to a “tsunami of lawsuits against agencies,” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote in her dissent.

During the proceedings, the federal government warned that if the court sided with the truck stop, it would allow opponents of any regulation to challenge it in perpetuity simply by finding a new company willing to sue.