In prosecuting certain citizens, the government is acting for the benefit of all citizens, so Suderman's sloppy argument is actually for the Chevron deference.

In prosecuting certain citizens, the government is acting for the benefit of all citizens, so Suderman's sloppy argument is actually for the Chevron deference. The regulators can't argue that an ambiguous statute applies just because they dislike the defendants. They are required to show that the ambiguous statute applies because it is for the public benefit that the statute was originally written for.