Hernandez-Carrera v. Carlson, 547 F.3d 1237 (10th Cir. Nov. 12, 2008) ("This case requires us to determine whether an agency interpretation ordinarily owed deference under the framework established in Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984), is foreclosed by a prior Supreme Court construction of the statute applying the canon of constitutional avoidance. We conclude that under the principles outlined in National Cable & Telecommunications Ass'n v. Brand X Internet Services, 545 U.S. 967, 982-83 (2005), a subsequent, reasonable agency interpretation of an ambiguous statute, which avoids raising serious constitutional doubts, is due deference notwithstanding the Supreme Court's earlier contrary interpretation of the statute.").

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