The majority today is wrong as a matter of text: The Hobbs Act gives the courts of appeals exclusive jurisdiction to determine the validity of agency action, meaning that district courts have no jurisdiction to do so.
Justice Kagan's dissent on the Supreme Court's ruling regarding the Hobbs Act and agency action.
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