My old friend and law professor Larry Tribe went over to the dark side a long time ago. On the Supreme Court’s overruling the Chevron doctrine, Tribe has a red-hot take: his sympathies are with the lawyers:
The ones I feel sorry for are my administrative law colleagues who built their courses and careers around the intricacies of Chevron deference.
— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) June 28, 2024
This happens a lot. Change can be tough on lawyers. Take, for example, when the 13th Amendment was adopted. There were a lot of lawyers who had mastered the intricacies of chattel slavery, who knew the ins and outs of the Fugitive Slave laws, who made their livings drawing up contracts for the purchase and sale of slaves. At one stroke, the 13th Amendment rendered useless their years of hard work. The lawyers were the real victims!
