The Supreme Court has empowered the President to remove independent agency heads, reshaping federal bureaucracy.
The Supreme Court has empowered the President to remove independent agency heads, reshaping federal bureaucracy. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that President Donald J. Trump can fire Federal Trade Commission (FTC) members and, by implication, other federal officials, at will, overturning the Humphrey’s Executor v. United States decision of 1935, which had protected independent agencies for 90 years. Notably, another Monday morning Supreme Court ruling places limits on the President’s power to fire Federal Reserve governors. DETAIL: The FTC case, Trump v. Slaughter, arose after Trump fired two Democrat FTC commissioners, Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, without cause, as their service no longer…Open
In a 27-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman wrote that since Comey was fired pursuant to Article II of the Constitution, as opposed to the Civil Service Reform Act, her lawsuit belongs in federal court.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump’s administration fired Donald T. Kinsella, a U.S. attorney, on the same day he was sworn into the role.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Donald T. Kinsella, Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, Deputy Director of Presidential Personnel Morgan DeWitt Snow, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New […] The post Trump Fires New U.S. Attorney Appointed by Courts, Not Admin, on Day One. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump’s administration fired Donald T. Kinsella, a U.S. attorney, on the same day he was sworn into the role. WHO WAS INVOLVED: Donald T. Kinsella, Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, Deputy Director of Presidential Personnel Morgan DeWitt Snow, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York . WHEN & WHERE: The firing occurred on Wednesday in the Northern District of New York. KEY QUOTE: “Judges don’t pick U.S. Attorneys, [the President] does. See Article II of our Constitution. You are fired, Donald Kinsella,” – Todd Blanche. IMPACT: The firing underscores the constitutional authority of the President to appoint U.S. attorneys and raises questions about…Open
BANNON: These aren’t mass deportations. These are the first bad hombres removed under Trump’s Article II powers. And now a federal judge wants them back. Why hasn’t the House even opened impeachment hearings on Boasberg?
