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2026 administrative state legislation: 38 states enacted 225 bills

This edition of Checks and Balances features highlights from Ballotpedia’s 2026 Administrative State Legislative Tracker report, and the transfer of most federal employee appeals from the Merit Systems Protection Board to the Office of Personnel Management

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Victims of Trump purge call supreme court ruling a ‘dagger’ at heart of civil service

Rebecca Slaughter, fired by Trump from the FTC in 2025, worries agencies will fear defying the US president

The Guardian - US

House panel says it will examine allegations against Fed's Cook - Roll Call

President Trump's firing of a Fed governor comes amid wider scrutiny of the central bank, including by a House Financial Services task force.

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Supreme Court ignores precedent instead of overruling it in allowing president to fire officials whom Congress tried to make independent

What may be one of the U.S. Supreme Court’s most important and far-reaching rulings in decades dropped in late May 2025 in an order that probably didn’t get a second – or even first – glance from most Americans.

The Conversation

Here's how the Supreme Court could weaken American exceptionalism in financial markets

"The Court’s order suggests they'll likely support expanded presidential power in upcoming decisions, giving credence & support to the Unitary Executive Theory."

Fortune

Supreme Court gives Trump unprecedented power to fire regulators—except Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

President Trump has won a legal fight over his power to dismiss the heads of certain regulatory heads, but the Federal Reserve Board remains off limits for now.

Fortune

Supreme Court Stays Reinstatement of Fired NLRB and MSPB Members

"Because the Constitution vests the executive power in the President, he may remove without cause executive officers who exercise that power on his behalf, subject to narrow exceptions recognized by our precedents."

Reason

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Supreme Court allows Trump firings from national labor boards - Roll Call

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to fire members of the national labor boards for federal employees and workers.

Roll Call

Appeals court reinstates board members Trump fired - Roll Call

The appeals court reinstated members of the Merit Systems Protection Board and National Labor Relations Board fired by President Donald Trump.

Roll Call

Appeals court rules Trump can fire board members of independent labor agencies

An appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump can fire two board members of independent labor agencies from their respective posts in the federal government

The Independent UK

DOGE suffers biggest loss yet as thousands of probationary USDA employees ordered back to work

5,600 probationary workers at Department of Agriculture will remain on the job for at least another 45 days

The Independent UK

Trump ordered to reinstate thousands of agriculture department employees

Nearly 6,000 probationary workers will be back to work for 45 days while independent federal board investigates firings

The Guardian - US

Federal Workers Seek Protection From Mass Government Layoffs

The MSPB faces challenges amid increased cases, upholding federal employees' rights and merit-based civil service.

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The Canberra Times

To market, to market, as Harris Farm opens at Majura Park

It's been a long time coming, but is it worth the wait?

ABC News

Attracting doctors to regional Australia is hard but Alex Harris is proof it's possible

Two decades ago Alex Harris heard about a new program sending medical students to live and study in Western Australia's Kimberley. Signing up changed the course of his life.

USA Today Sports Media Group

LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan said she’d take the call from LIV Golf

"There’s a lot of factors to consider before we do business with LIV Golf.”

The Canberra Times

Sydney's Harris Farm Markets is coming to Canberra

Where? When? What is it? Co-CEO Tristan Harris shares all the details.

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