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The Daily

The Fishermen Who Could End Federal Regulation as We Know It

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.4102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

On its surface, the case before the Supreme Court — a dispute brought by fishing crews objecting to a government fee — appears to be routine. But, as Adam Liptak, who covers the court for The Times explains, the decision could transform how every industry in the United States is regulated. Guest: Adam Liptak, a Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times.

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From New York Times, I'm Michael Bobaro. This is the Daily.

0:05.0

This is the Daily.

0:07.0

This week, the Supreme Court heard a case that on its surface appears to be a

0:18.1

routine dispute over a government fee. In reality, it could transform how every industry in the country is regulated.

0:31.0

My colleague Adam Liptack explains.

0:35.0

It's Friday, January 19th.

0:39.0

Adam, welcome back to the show.

0:45.0

Hello Michael.

0:46.0

So Adam, remind us of the essential facts of this case that just ended up before the Supreme

0:51.4

Court a few days ago, a case that I know you see as among the most important

0:56.5

and consequential of this Supreme Court term. What on paper is it about?

1:02.0

So this case is about herring fishermen in Cape May, New Jersey. I went to

1:07.6

visit them and among the people I talked to was a fisherman named Bill Bright.

1:11.8

Well I'm I'm actually a first generation fisherman.

1:15.8

I've been fishing for 40 years.

1:19.2

I actually quit my union job to try fishing and I've been fishing ever since.

1:25.0

Can I ask you how old you're?

1:27.0

64.

1:29.0

I'm 63, so you're a polger.

1:32.0

Probably not wiser.

1:34.0

And they told me that they have long been living under a 1976 law that requires them to take federal observers out with them on their

1:47.0

fishing trips, they go out for a week at a time,

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