Chevron reversal could help this radio host defend his First Amendment rights

Published July 5, 2024 3:43pm ET



A radio host and entrepreneur now has a better chance of defeating the administrative state thanks to the Supreme Court’s reversal of the Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. deference in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. The reversal will make it harder for federal regulators to take vague statutes and expand them to fit their agenda.

Barry Sturner hosts a weekly financial show on Chicago radio, which primarily serves to promote his mortgage company, Townstone Financial. But he is in the midst of a legal battle against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which dates back to comments he made as far back as 2014. Fair Housing groups and the Illinois ACLU have sided against Sturner, whose case is on appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit after a federal judge tossed the suit against Sturner.

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