deferential

And it has been deferential to his whims, but the Republican Party losing control of the House and Senate would be a major blow to his agenda.

“This deferential standard of review leaves no basis for faulting the Commission’s work,” the appeals court had concluded then in its opinion.

“Nonetheless, we are persuaded that, under longstanding precedent interpreting the statutory predecessor ... our review of that decision must be highly deferential.”

“This deferential standard of review leaves no basis for faulting the Commission’s work,” the appeals court concluded in its opinion.

Courts tend to be deferential to the agency, as well.