President Trump has terminated the heads of the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board, sparking legal challenges over their removal.

Summary

Trump’s recent firings of independent agency heads have triggered legal battles that could lead the Supreme Court to overturn Humphrey’s Executor v. United States (1935), which protects certain officials from at-will removal.

Critics argue Trump is deliberately provoking a test case to expand presidential power.

The DOJ now refuses to defend for-cause removal protections, aiming to bring independent agencies under direct presidential control.

With conservative justices signaling support for revisiting the precedent, the Court may soon decide whether to uphold or dismantle these long-standing protections.

  • @CharlesDarwinEnglish
    8•2 days ago

    It’s always been like that. A very large portion of conservatives have always hated America and everything it is supposed to stand for: democracy, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom both FROM and of religion, etc. They hate and loathe it. When they cry about how the corporate media is “too liberal”, they basically tell on themselves all the time. Same for having conniptions over someone kneeling while a song played during sportsball…