McCarthy’s chamber is urging the Supreme Court to reconsider the level of deference courts give federal agencies, saying that allowing them too much leeway conflicts with the separation of powers and upends congressional authority over lawmaking.
The House filed its brief in a case that stems from a dispute between herring fishers and the National Marine Fisheries Service, which wants to charge vessels as much as $700 a day to monitor what they are catching.allows for the monitors, the agency is making up its own rules by insisting the boats pay the charges.
The justices will decide whether to overrule Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, 1984 precedent that gave federal agencies deference when interpreting how to implement legislation passed byCritics argue Chevron is the stuff of Orwellian dystopias, siphoning massive amounts of political power away fromDefenders, though, say the 1984 case blazed a path to good government, putting the experts at federal agencies in charge of the finer points of policymaking.
Mr. McCarthy and House lawmakers have sided with the fishermen, arguing that if courts give federal agencies too much discretion it will conflict with congressional authority — clashing the executive branch into the legislative.
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