Thoughts? As I understand it, the case was regarding commercial fishing boats which were required by an agency rule to include (and pay for) "minders" to monitor their activities. Over the last year or so there have "regulations" regarding speed off the Atlantic coast and more recently within the GOM. Will this ruling slow down some of the regulatory activities being imposed on boats?
Perhaps. Time will tell. My senator and rep from OR where not interested in my questions about their Atlantic Coast boat speed limit regulations.
It's supposed to, but someone would have to oppose them. The 10 knot deal for the "whales" is total BS. It's also going to kill all of the charter boat operators from GA North to NE that won't be able to do day trips and do what they're supposed to do on their charter, from sportfishing boats to whale watching boats. It's also dangerous, there are many times that sea conditions demand running faster to beat storms, stability, etc. I have a friend that runs a 208' yacht with jets, that boat at 10 knots rolls like crazy, is super in-efficient, and doesn't track worth a darn with any kind of moderate sea state. Also for deliveries it makes it completely in-efficient to use the ocean when you have to go 20 miles out of an inlet for deep water and 20 miles back in......so in a 10 hour day you make 60 miles of North or South on your trip? So now a lot of boats are doing over-nighters which are inherently more dangerous and much harder on crew than daytime running.
Are you kidding? Not as long as so-called progressive candidates keep getting elected. You ain't seen nothing yet.
Chevron vs Natural Resources Defense Council was a landmark ruling during the Reagan administration. Chevron wanted to expand a plant and had the EPA with the clean air act on their side. The NRDF wanted to stop them but the court ruled that the judicial branch needed to defer to the administrative state, the EPA in this case. While it was a victory for Reagan, the so called Chevron Deference has been implicated in and coincided with an explosion in the administrative state. Like many cases, Loper Bright was about much more than herring fisherman. The reversal of Chevron is considered a huge win for those who would return the US to the constitution and seek to limit the growth of government and limit the power of unelected bureaucrats.
Well perhaps they can hope that’s the case. But I wouldn’t celebrate just yet. A lot has changed since the Reagan administration. Elected officials, unelected bureaucrats, and the courts have turned government overreach into a way of life.