 Under the Chevron Doctrine, judges felt obligated to go along with whatever the agencies decided to interpret the law. Not anymore. The Supreme Court, in a vote of 6-3, overturned the Chevron Deference Doctrine, a bureaucracy-empowering judicial doctrine that critics say led to the explosive growth of U.S. government in recent decades, which it has. The new decision will make it more difficult for unelected government officials to generate new regulations.