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John Roberts just invented a fantasy game —and he knows it
The Court Calls It Trust. That Is the Lie.A ruling with a mask onThe immediate story is simple: the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, wiped out a 91-year-old limit on when a president can fire FTC members, and Chief Justice Roberts defended that move by saying the president must have officers he can trust. The reporting made that sound like a routine constitutional development. It is not routine, and the language is the point.Trust is not the principle hereIndependent commissions exist because power corrupts judgment when it can punish dissent on demand. That is the whole design. Strip away…
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