Tennessee Horse Show Picks Texas to Challenge Rule Post Chevron

Show horse owners were eager to challenge a new animal protection rule following the US Supreme Court’s decision to limit the power of federal regulators.

Three days after a majority of the justices overturned a legal principle that had directed courts to defer to an agency’s reasonable interpretation when a law is unclear, The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration Association filed a lawsuit with two show horse owners challenging an Agriculture Department regulation that aims to crack down on horse soring.

And it did so in Amarillo, Texas, though the association is based and runs Tennessee Walking Horse shows 974 ...