…other than at the #FederalReserve, with its role of setting #InterestRates, #SCOTUS held that presidents have free rein to fire agency heads at will, despite #federal #laws that require a #cause for such dismissals & a 91-year-old decision that had limited #executive authority.

With the 6 conservative justices in the majority, the court jettisoned its unanimous decision in #HumphreysExecutor that had limited when presidents can fire agencies’ board members….

#law
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The justices ruled in the case of former #FTC member #RebeccaSlaughter, whom #Trump fired WITHOUT cause despite a provision of #federal #law that requires a reason. The logic of the decision extends to other agencies, including the National Labor Relations Board, the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Consumer Product Safety Commission, where Trump also has fired board members.

#law #Independence #ExecutivePower #HumphreysExecutor #SeparationOfPowers #Congress #democracy

Federal judge halts #Trump #election #ExecutiveOrder seeking to create a #federal voter list & limit who can receive a #mail #ballot.

#US District Court Judge Indira Talwani sided with a coalition of nearly two dozen #states that challenged the Republican president’s order in granting a #SummaryJudgment [nice!]. Her ruling applies to this year’s #midterms.

#law #Constitution #VotingRights #VoterSuppression #MafiaState #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
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