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Developments in the Major Questions Doctrine

Democracy Forward

August 12, 2025

Overview

Democracy Forward Foundation has been tracking the major questions doctrine (MQD) since the U.S. Supreme Court invoked it by name in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection
Agency. This memo summarizes developments in the doctrine over roughly the last year, including in recent cases challenging the Trump-Vance administration’s aggressive assertions of
executive power.

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