
Supreme Court appears ready to reel in administrative state in landmark challenge from East Coast fishermen
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A Supreme Court could reel in a legal precedent challenged by a group of fishermen who say the decades-old doctrine gave the administrative state too much power of their business.
The core of their arguments, presented Wednesday by the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) and veteran Supreme Court litigator Paul Clement, is what’s known as the Chevron doctrine — a legal theory established in the '80s that says anytime a federal regulation is challenged, the courts should defer to the agency’s interpretation of whether Congress granted them authority to issue the rule. Brianna Herlihy is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
"How do we determine how much deference is too much deference?" asked Justice Clarence Thomas in the roughly four-hour-long arguments. "How do we know where the line is?"