WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court seems likely to expand presidential control over independent federal agencies, signaling support for President Donald Trump’s firing of board members. Bernie Bennett has details. VERBATIM: The court’s conservative majority suggested it would overturn a unanimous 90-year-old decision that has limited when presidents can fire agencies’ board members, or leave […]
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Supreme Court May Expand Presidential Control
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court seems likely to expand presidential control over independent federal agencies, signaling support for President Donald Trump’s firing of board members. Bernie Bennett has details.
VERBATIM: The court’s conservative majority suggested it would overturn a unanimous 90-year-old decision that has limited when presidents can fire agencies’ board members, or leave it with only its shell intact.
Chief Justice John Roberts referred to the decision known as Humphrey’s Executor as “a dry husk.”
Liberal justices warned that the decision sought by the administration would concentrate vast power in the president’s hands, robbing the agencies of expertise.
Solicitor General D. John Sauer defended Trump’s decision to fire Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter without cause and called on the court to jettison Humphrey’s Executor.
Bernie Bennett in Washington.
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