That’s the reality of the court’s June 28 decision in a case called Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which overturned the “Yet the media reaction hasn’t focused on what the ruling means for regular people and job creators like me.
These monitors check to make sure we’re not catching more fish than we’re allowed to, and observe our fishing methods to confirm we’re following the rules. For our two fishing boats, this mandate could have forced us to pay for over 100 days of monitoring a year, totaling more than $70,000 — a huge expense for a small fishing business and the fishermen we work with.They say the law is “unclear,” which gives them authority to interpret it.And there’s a good reason Congress didn’t say that I had to pay for monitors: It’s plainly unaffordable and ignores how fishing works.If there’s a monitor on board, we’re paying $700 while the crew earns nothing.
They’ve all been able to issue regulations and rules based on their own interpretation of the law, massively expanding the government’s power over everyday life and entire industries.