BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Reform for Illinois - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Reform for Illinois
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.reformforillinois.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Reform for Illinois
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Chicago
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20230312T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20231105T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20240310T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20241103T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20250309T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20251102T070000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240926T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240926T131500
DTSTAMP:20260429T030035
CREATED:20241024T195438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241024T195608Z
UID:35322-1727352000-1727356500@www.reformforillinois.org
SUMMARY:Civil Disagreements: Major Questions Doctrine
DESCRIPTION:In 2022\, the U.S. Supreme Court invoked the “major questions doctrine” in its landmark decision rejecting an EPA initiative to regulate greenhouse gases. The doctrine\, which has evolved and gained prominence in recent years\, describes the Court’s demand that executive branch administrative agencies only address issues of “vast economic and political significance” if they have “clear” statutory authorization from Congress. \nIn the greenhouse gas case\, Chief Justice John Roberts and the Court’s majority described the doctrine as a beneficial limit on undemocratic administrative power. Dissenters saw the ruling as a judicial power grab. Justice Elena Kagan protested that “The Court appoints itself—instead of Congress or the expert agency—the decision-maker on climate policy.” \nIn practice\, the major questions doctrine has already affected many Americans in their everyday lives. It has been used to limit federal regulation in areas like the environment\, drugs\, worker safety\, and more. With the Court’s ideological composition set for the foreseeable future\, we are likely to see this trend continue. \nIs the major questions doctrine sound constitutional interpretation? Should the Supreme Court have the final word on “major questions”? And\, if so\, how does the Court distinguish between “major” and “minor” questions? \nCivil Disagreements is a series of moderated debates on current\, critical\, and often contentious civic questions sponsored by Reform for Illinois\, the American Bar Association’s Division for Public Education\, the American Constitution Society (Chicago and Austin\, TX chapters)\, and the Federalist Society (Chicago chapter). 
URL:https://www.reformforillinois.org/event/civil-disagreements-major-questions-doctrine/
LOCATION:Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.reformforillinois.org/wp-content/uploads/unnamed-3.png
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR