SCOTUS Extremists Are Ready To Boot Important Regulation Precedent

The extremist majority on the Supreme Court appeared ready to overturn another major decades-old precedent when it heard arguments yesterday in two cases about fishing regulations. The ability to shut down or hobble the ability of the federal government to regulate is truly the Holy Grail of the corporate-loving right wing, and it could soon become a reality. Via HuffPost:

The cases — Relentless Inc. v. Department of Commerce and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo — challenged regulations imposed by the National Marine Fisheries Service in 2020 that require fishing boats to pay the salary of the federal inspectors who ride on their boats. But the family-owned fishing companies challenging those regulations made a much broader argument: that the court should overturn its own 40-year-old precedent in the case Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council and rule that no federal agency can issue any regulation without specific authorization from Congress. That case’s precedent, the lawyers argued, was out of date and no longer necessary.

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