Cause of Action Institute

07/03/2024

"The Supreme Court has protected the American people from regulators run amok, and from a Congress that won’t do its job."

SCOTUS has protected Americans from regulators run amok, and from a Congress that won’t do its job. I was one of the small business owners who sued the feds in this case.

07/02/2024

Tune in at 9:30 AM ET to hear CoA's Ryan Mulvey discuss the Supreme Court overturning Chevron Deference.

07/02/2024

01/17/2024

David Goethel’s pleas fell on deaf ears and now his business is at risk. And all he can do is beg bureaucrats to stop.

It’s time to return the legislative powers to Congress.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2024/01/17/supreme-court-fishing-federal-regulation-small-business/72240981007/

01/13/2024

Who should write the laws? Unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats, or Congress? That’s the core of the question facing the Supreme Court next week.

We're all on the hook: https://bit.ly/3RQHudx

01/12/2024

It’s time for this abuse of executive power to end. Administrations of both political parties have used Chevron doctrine to shape and reshape the law based on their own agendas. This has the potential to affect all U.S. citizens by putting a thumb on the scale in favor of the government when federal courts interpret laws and regulations that are ambiguous or silent.

Here’s how this case will affect you: https://bit.ly/3RQHudx

01/11/2024

Stefan’s story is a common one. Born and raised in Cape May, NJ he wants his daughter to be able to take over the family fishing business. Even though she loves fishing, arbitrary regulations created by unaccountable bureaucrats may keep her from making that choice.

This story of regulatory overreach is playing out in different families in different industries all across the country, but the fishermen’s fight at the Supreme Court is set to change all of this, you can learn more about their case here: https://bit.ly/3RQHudx

01/10/2024

How much would you pay a bureaucrat to watch you do your job? That’s a question fishermen like Bill Bright have had to answer. The issue began when the government ran out of money to pay for at-sea monitoring. Instead of asking Congress for more money, regulators decided instead that herring fishermen would now pay for the third-party monitors. These monitors get more than $700 per day, which can be more than a ship’s captain or crew makes. Total costs for monitoring could reduce the fishermen’s annual take-home pay by 20%.

The fishermen sued but, as The Washington Times explained, they “lost in a 2-1 decision before a federal appeals court, where the majority said that under the 1984 Supreme Court ruling Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, judges must give substantial deference to how an agency interprets a law.”

The Supreme Court’s Chevron doctrine has resulted in an incredible expansion of the powers of the administrative state over the past forty years. But next week the Supreme Court will revisit Chevron deference as part of the fishermen’s case.

Learn more about the case: https://loperbrightcase.com/

07/17/2023

A group of New Jersey herring fishermen today filed opening arguments asking the Supreme Court to strike down an unlawful federal regulation that could force them to surrender 20 percent of their earnings to pay for at-sea monitors.

“It’s humbling that a few herring fishermen like us could bring such an important case to the nation’s highest court,” said Stefan Axelsson, one of the fishermen who brought the case. “If the government can do this to fishermen trying to make an honest living, they can do it to anyone.”

Overruling Chevron would restore justice and constitutional checks and balances among the three branches of government.

05/02/2023

ICYMI - here's Ryan Mulvey on the Lars Larson show discussing the case last night.

The Lars Larson Show covers the latest news across this great land of ours. Lars believes the only way to improve our community, state, and union is through honest discussion. Sometimes that means peo

05/01/2023

Listen live NOW as CoA's Ryan Mulvey joins Lars Larson to discuss SCOTUS granting our petition asking the Court to overturn or limit Chevron--and deliver justice to our nation's fishermen. Listen here

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05/01/2023

Listen live NOW as CoA Institute Counsel Ryan Mulvey joins Vince Coglianese to discuss SCOTUS granting our petition challenging the federal government’s attempt to unlawfully force fishermen to pay monitoring fees without congressional approval.

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