From the Editor: Commercial Fishing v. NOAA Fisheries
In case you missed it, the Supreme Court on May 1 agreed to take up a dispute between the Biden administration and East Coast commercial fishing companies that could eventually have a huge impact on the U.S. commercial fishing industry as a whole.
The court’s eventual judgment has the potential to overrule a nearly 40-year-old decision that gives deference to federal agencies.
The case, Loper Bright Enterprises et al. v. Raimondo, is expected to be heard in the Supreme Court’s next term. The court is being asked to override the 1984 Chevron v. National Resources Defense Council ruling, in which the justices determined that courts should defer to an agency’s reasonable interpretation of statutes when laws are ambiguous.
The case revolves around Atlantic herring fishermen who say the Nati...
