The future of the administrative state hangs in the balance. Supreme Court justices will soon decide in a pair of cases whether to reverse a decades-old precedent known as the Chevron deference that would curb federal agencies’ power to regulate everything from Wall Street to the stove in your kitchen. This Washington Examiner series will look at how a departure from this precedent could rip up the regulation nation. Part 1 focused on the underlying court case. Part 2 explored the possible economic repercussions. Part 3 examines what the fallout would be for energy and environmental policy.

New England’s fishermen are in a bind, but relief may be on the way in the form of a Supreme Court decision with major ramifications for a wide range of federal regulations.