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Will four fishermen take down the administrative state?

By Conn Carroll
Published May 1, 2023 7:47pm ET
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Will four fishermen take down the administrative state?
A crewman keeps watch near the cabin of a New Hampshire-based fishing boat as it motors cautiously through the dense fog into Portland Harbor early Wednesday, July 25, 2018, off South Portland, Maine. A tropical air mass will continue to bring areas of fog and scattered thunderstorms to the region through Thursday. | (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)

Can a federal agency force fishermen not only to carry fishing monitors on their boats but also pay their salary, even if Congress never specifically authorized such a requirement?

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