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Inside the Supreme Court's death wish for Americans
The Court Just Gave Trump the Power to Purge the StateA brief accountThe Supreme Court, in a 6-3 partisan split, held in Trump v. Slaughter that Trump can fire Federal Trade Commissioners and other agency heads without cause. The ruling blows past longstanding precedent and statutes that had insulated independent agencies from partisan retaliation and from exactly the kind of donor-serving capture this decision now invites.Power, Not ProcedureThis is not a housekeeping dispute about administrative law. It is a transfer of power. The Roberts Court has taken a set of agencies Congress…
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