Two East Coast fishermen are suing the Biden administration, claiming that a federal body that plans to curb their ocean catch is illegally constituted and therefore has no authority to issue such restrictive regulations.
The lawsuit comes as legal challenges to the so-called administrative state, whose officials are not appointed by the president or subject to political accountability, become increasingly common.
The Supreme Court has taken an interest in the topic. For example, in June 2021, the high court ruled in U.S. v. Arthrex Inc. that more than 200 Patent Trial and Appeal Board judges were unconstitutionally appointed, as The Epoch Times reported….