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Fishermen Sue Biden Administration Over Mid-Atlantic Fishing Restrictions

Fishermen Sue Biden Administration Over Mid-Atlantic Fishing Restrictions
A school of fish thrash in a net before being loaded into the refrigeration compartments of the 'Reedville' off the coast of Smith Island, Virginia on June 22, 2015. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
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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, which is made up of officials who aren’t appointed by the president or subject to political accountability, become increasingly common.