mr. martinez. oral argument of roman martinez on behalf of the petitioners martinez: mr. chief justice, and may it please the court: for too long, chevron has distorted the judicial process and undermined statutory interpretation. it should be overruled for three reasons. first, chevron violates the constitution. article iii empowers judges to say what the law is. it requires them to interpret federal statutes using their best and independent judgment. chevron undermines that duty. it reallocates interpretive authority from courts to agencies, and it forces courts to adopt inferior agency constructions that are issued for political or policy reasons. in doing so, chevron blocks judges from serving as faithful agents of congress. it mandates judicial bias and encourages agency overreach. and by removing key checks on executive power, it threatens individual liberty. chevron also violates the apa. the most straightforward reading of section 706 requires de novo review of legal questions. congress put constitutional and statutory interpretation on equal footing, and it requi