Practice writing like a Supreme Court justice
Consider this wordy version of a passage from Chief Justice Robert’s landmark opinion in Loper Bright. Then, try to rewrite it concisely and clearly—just like he did.
Write it like Chief Justice Roberts
Wordy version (136 words, 763 characters):
It is hereby concluded that the precedent established in Chevron is officially overruled. When courts are tasked with the responsibility of determining whether or not a federal agency has acted in accordance with the boundaries of its statutory authority, they are required—under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA)—to exercise their own independent judgment. It may be appropriate, in certain instances, to give careful and respectful attention to the judgment expressed by the Executive Branch. Moreover, when a particular statute operates to dele¬gate authority to an agency that is consistent with constitutional limits, courts must respect the delegation, while ensuring that the agency acts within it. Nonetheless, courts are not permitted, under the APA, to defer to an agency interpretation of the statutory law merely due to the fact that the relevant statute contains ambiguous terms.
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