# Can Congress Let EPA Pick Winners and Losers?

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Podcast: [Unwritten Law](https://stenobird.com/podcast/unwritten-law-7233280)
Published: 2026-06-14T13:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode of Unwritten Law , NCLA President and Chief Legal Officer Mark Chenoweth, Senior Litigation Counsel John Vecchione, and General Counsel Zhonette Brown discuss NCLA's recently filed reply brief in Choice Refrigerants v. EPA , a case asking the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit the nondelegation doctrine. The conversation focuses on a fundamental constitutional question: Can Congress hand an agency virtually unlimited discretion to decide which companies receive valuable market allocations—and which do not? Zhonette explains why the government's response brief and supporting industry briefs point to different alleged "intelligible principles," highlighting what NCLA argues is the complete absence of any meaningful statutory guidance. The discussion also explores why notice-and-comment rulemaking is not a substitute for legislative accountability and why decisions affecting entire industries should be made by Congress—not unelected administrators. Mark, John, and Zhonette also compare the case to other recent Supreme Court administrative law decisions, discuss the support of 21 states and numerous public-interest organizations, and explain why they believe Choice Refrigerants presents an ideal vehicle for the Court to strengthen the nondelegation doctrine. With the petition scheduled for the Supreme Court's June 18 conference, the episode offers an inside look at one of NCLA's most significant constitutional cases.

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