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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Humphrey person - Caught on Camera

The End of Independent Agencies

The death of Humphrey's Executor was foretold, but some of the consequences may not have been anticipated.

Reason

Slaughter ruling expands Trump's power

The recent SCOTUS case greatly increased the power of the executive branch

Salon

Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. Slaughter turbocharges presidential power

The U.S. Supreme Court – with its six conservative justices, three of whom were nominated by President Donald Trump – has recently reversed landmark decisions that have long guided American government and society. Over the last few years, the court has stripped federal protection of abortion rights, affirmative action, gun…

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Chief Justice Roberts (Likely) Ordered The Release Of Cook 30 Minutes Before He Announced It

Slaughter and Cook were bundled together, as the Chief (likely) instructed.

Reason

Stocks Rally to Start a Big Holiday Week: Stock Market Today

Comcast created a stir among communication services stocks with a plan to spin off its media and entertainment assets into a new publicly traded company.

Kiplinger

Can the President Fire Anyone He Wants? Yes, Unless the Target Is Part of the Federal Reserve.

In a pair of decisions on Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that presidents have full authority to fire heads of executive branch agencies—but that the Fed is different.

Reason

Sir Humphrey moments: a brief history of bust-ups between ministers and mandarins

Olly Robbins gave MPs a classic civil servant’s performance – and there are lessons from the past about how ministers should respond

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‘It feels like they’re pulling figures out of the sky’: UK pet owners welcome crackdown on vet fees

Competition watchdog will launch cost comparison website and has ordered vets to cap written prescription prices

The Guardian - UK

I’m Sorry, Prime Minister review – Hacker and Sir Humphrey return as baffled but charming old codgers

Jonathan Lynn’s farewell to the beloved parliamentary sitcom casts Griff Rhys Jones as ex-PM Jim Hacker, making one last call on his wily consigliere

The Guardian - UK

Justice Barrett, Trump v. Slaughter, and Presidential Removal Power from 1989 to 2009

Presidential non-acquiescence in Humphrey's Executor from 1989 to 2009.

Reason

Justice Barrett, Trump v. Slaughter, and Presidential Removal Power from 1945 to 1969

Almost every president since 1945 has refused to accept Humphrey's Executor as having been correctly decided.

Reason

D.C. Circuit Upholds Presidential Removal of MSPB and NLRB Members

On the eve of Trump v. Slaughter, the D.C. Circuit offers a way to distinguish Humphrey's Executor.

Reason

Dick Cheney’s expansive vision of presidential power lives on in Trump’s agenda

Former Vice President Dick Cheney will be remembered for many things. He was arguably the most powerful vice president in American history. He was a paragon of conservatism. He was the architect of many of the more extreme measures in President George W. Bush’s “war on terror.”

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A Pennsylvania man is missing. His ex-girlfriend’s song about killing an ex has left the family demanding answers

Allegedly, she posted it on his Snapchat account.

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The Supreme Court is headed toward a radically new vision of unlimited presidential power

President Donald Trump set the tone for his second term by issuing 26 executive orders, four proclamations and 12 memorandums on his first day back in office. The barrage of unilateral presidential actions has not yet let up.

Reason

SCOTUS Is Now Poised To Overrule Humphrey's Executor, a 1935 Precedent Limiting Presidential Power

The Supreme Court will soon review the president’s authority to fire “independent” agency heads.

Reason

S. Ct. Agrees to Hear Merits Case on Whether President Has Power to Remove "Independent" Agency Heads (the Humphrey's Executor Overruling Question)

From today's order in Trump v. Slaughter: The application is also treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari before… The post S. Ct. Agrees to Hear Merits Case on Whether President Has Power to Remove "Independent" Agency Heads (the Humphrey's Executor Overruling Question) appeared first on Reason.com.

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Will SCOTUS Let Trump Fire Lisa Cook From the Federal Reserve?

Or will the justices say that Trump fired her for illegal reasons?

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SCOTUS Stays Injunction Against Removal of CPSC Commissioners

Further indication that independent agencies will not be "independent" much longer.

Roll Call

Supreme Court permits firings at consumer product safety agency - Roll Call

Supreme Court ruling impacts three members of the five-member consumer product agency who were appointed by former President Joe Biden.

The Guardian - UK

Watch out, hallucinating Humphrey’s about in Whitehall

The Guardian - UK

UK government rollout of Humphrey AI tool raises fears about reliance on big tech

Critics question speed and scale of embedding AI into public sector when debate rages about use of copyrighted material

Reason

President Trump Made History Last Week on the Supreme Court's Shadow Docket

The Supreme Court very strongly hinted that it will overrule, or greatly narrow, Humphrey's Executor v. United States (1935).

Reason

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

Justice Kagan Tells Us What She Really Thinks About President Trump

The Court "hand[s] the President the most unitary, meaning also the most subservient, administration since Herbert Hoover (and maybe ever)."

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