Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump · ¶45

The central thrust of the Government's and the principal dissent's proposed exceptions appears to be that ambiguous delegations in statutes addressing “the most major of major questions” should necessarily be construed broadly. Brief for Federal Parties 35. But it simply does not follow from the fact that a statute deals with major problems that it should be read to delegate all major powers for which there may be a “colorable textual basis.” West Virginia, 597 U. S., at 722. It is in precisely such cases that we should be alert to claims that sweeping delegations—particularly delegations of core congressional powers—“lurk[ ]” in “ambiguous statutory text.” Id., at 723 (internal quotation marks omitted). There is no major questions exception to the major questions doctrine.

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