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Letters to the editor More on Loper Bright decision Contra the opinions expressed by recent observers ( C&EN, July 8/15, 2024, page 3 , and Aug. 12/18, 2024, page 3 ), I fully support the recent Supreme Court decision on Loper Bright Enterprises. My reading and experience are that regulatory agency officials will essentially always act to expand the scope of their authority, their powers, and their budgets. To allow such officials to unilaterally determine that scope seems very unconstitutional. The Constitution is a system of enumerated powers. It is not a blank check to agencies that get to unilaterally decide the extent of their authority. Or to redefine words (e.g., pollutant ) beyond the meaning intended by Congress. Whatever happened to concepts like separation of powers and checks and balances? Perhaps with the Loper Bright decision we can start in some small way to get back to a state