Loper Bright

Today, attorneys for a group of New Jersey herring fishermen landed a significant victory at the Supreme Court.  With its ruling in Loper Bright v. Raimondo, the Court has overruled the Chevron doctrine and restored the balance of power between Congress and the Administration. The Loper Bright decision was issued alongside Relentless v Department of Commerce.    The fishermen in the Loper Bright case face an…

Last week, I had the chance to walk into the U.S. Supreme Court. The reason? To hear arguments in Loper Bright v. Raimondo, one of the most important cases of the 2023-24 term. The plaintiffs were small, family-owned fishing businesses from Cape May, New Jersey. And presenting their case to the court was the culmination…

From Cause of Action Institute: A 2020 federal mandate is trying to force New Jersey herring fishermen to pay for monitors, who ride their boats and report back to the government. The D.C. Circuit upheld this action by relying on the Chevron doctrine, which defers to agency interpretations of so-called ambiguous statutes. But the statute…