SCOTUS Won’t Review Marine Monument Case But Issues Warning (3)

The U.S. Supreme Court won’t take up a challenge to Obama-era protections for a marine monument off the coast of New England, in a win for conservationists and blow to fishermen who have fought restrictions in the area for years.

But the denial came with a warning from Chief Justice John Roberts, who expressed concern that presidents have been exercising “power without any discernible limit” when they create new national monuments.

The high court on Monday rejected a petition from the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association and other groups that say the 2016 establishment of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National ...