silence7Dec 8

Justices Seem Ready to Give Trump More Power to Fire Independent Government Officials

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Justices Seem Ready to Give Trump More Power to Fire Independent Government Officials - SLRPNK

> A ruling in the president’s favor in the case, which deals with his attempt to remove a member of the Federal Trade Commission, would be a major expansion of presidential authority.

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Isn’t SCOTUS an independent body? If so, does this green light their removal if a President wants to remove someone?
Dec 8 at 11:42pmWeb
Show threadsilence7Dec 9

Congress can remove a justice with a majority vote in the house and a 2/3 supermajority in the Senate. This means you can’t actually remove a judge unless they lose support from within their own party, and the Republicans have shown that they wont go along with removal no matter what.

This means that in practice, the path forward is to add additional judges, so that the Republicans are a minority, and unable to do any damage.

Show threadsantaDec 9

What if they want to remove one as an “official act”?

I think this is all horrible, but I really want them to eat their own dog food.

Show threadSrhDec 9
They are not members of the executive branch while the ftc and nlrb board members are.
Show threadSrhDec 9
Yes but different branch of government.
Show threadBakkodaDec 9
That’s had zero meaning so far.
Show threadSrhDec 9
If you mean in the instance of the rule of law yes. But the theory that the president is making is that as the head of the exec he should be able to control the exec. including independent boards and committees. So to answer the original question they will say the difference is the supreme Court is the judicial branch.