All posts tagged "Unitary Executive"

Legal experts warned that a recent ruling from the Supreme Court is a trap for future presidents disliked by Chief Justice John Roberts.

During an episode of Slate's Amicus podcast, the Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. Slaughter, which lets Trump fire the heads of independent federal agencies, was flagged as a one-sided gift that will snap shut the moment a Democrat returns to the White House.

Sam Bagenstos, a University of Michigan law professor, predicted on the podcast that the Supreme Court would uphold a future Democratic president firing Trump appointees and cite Slaughter to do it. But the catch will be that when those new appointees try to act, the court "would also find other ways to rein in that Democratic president's power."...

A Nobel-winning economist sounded the alarm on a Supreme Court ruling that he fears isn't getting enough attention.

Paul Krugman wrote in a Wednesday Substack piece that after the Supreme Court wrapped up its term, more attention was going towards its defeat of Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship than a more 'astonishing' decision in the case of Trump v. Slaughter.

"Various MAGA-adjacent parties, along with willfully blind centrists, are trying to sweep this ruling under the rug, hoping that the public doesn't understand its meaning," Krugman wrote. "The Court has now stripped regulatory agencies of their independence from Trump's whims and corrupt practices."...

The Supreme Court was expected to hand President Donald Trump more new powers in a case scheduled to begin Monday.

The conservative-leaning high court has planned to hear Trump v. Slaughter, "a case whose outcome feels preordained," according to a Slate report published Thursday.

"The six-justice supermajority is almost certain to fulfill a decadeslong conservative goal to shift an immense amount of power from Congress to President Donald Trump," Slate reported....