A herring fishermen group's lawsuit will give the Supreme Court the chance to hamstring federal climate regulations

• The US Supreme Court will take up a case brought by a group of New Jersey fishermen.
• The case could lead to the overturning of the legal precedent known as the "Chevron deference."
• If overturned, the case could have major impacts on federal climate and environmental regulations. 

The US Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case brought by a group of New Jersey herring fishermen that could lead to the overturning of a decades-old precedent and have major impacts on federal climate and environmental regulations.