The Buckeye Institute Files Amicus Brief to Protect Gulf Fishermen from Government Tracking
The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Mexican Gulf Fishing Company v. U.S. Department of Commerce asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to strike down a rule that requires recreational charter fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico to submit to constant government GPS monitoring, regardless of whether they were engaged in fishing or not—a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment. “This Orwellian tracking of charter fisherman is right out of Nineteen Eighty-Four…”
