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Originally Posted by MathGeek
You mean there are no infringements on Constitutional liberties by the executive branch upon properly licensed anglers.
If there is no scientific data supporting the necessity of infringements on Constitutional liberties, then why should the executive branch be empowered to act unilaterally to make certain harvest actions into criminal offenses?
To be sure, the legislative branch does not need sound science to support its laws, it is empowered by the Constitution to make stupid laws if it desires. But the legislative branch has given certain regulatory authority to the executive branch (LDWF) but only to enact scientifically sound and necessary restrictions on the Constitutional liberties of Louisiana citizens.
LDWF making new regulations because LDWF scientists opine they are a good idea is a failure of separation of powers and a bad approach to wildlife managers. There needs to be scientific data that can be reviewed, assessed, and commented on by independent experts and stakeholders.
Making new regulations with criminal penalties without sound science is failure of due process.
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The crazy part is that the LDWF has recommended no regulations, so that the sound science says it is not necessary. But for some reason the commission is still pushing it
