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[ad_1] Today the Supreme Court issued its long awaited decisions in Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v. Cook, two cases concerning the ability of the President to remove agency officials. The Chief Justice wrote for the Court in both cases, and the results in each case were what was generally expected. In Slaughter the Court overruled Humphrey’s Executor, and held that the heads of agencies exercising significant executive power must be removable at-will by the President. This means the President can remove members of the Federal Trade Commission and other multi-member agencies previously considered to be “independent agencies.” The vote was 6-3 along…

[ad_1] My predictions from last Thursday panned out well. The Chief Justice wrote the majority opinion in both Cook and Slaughter. There was’t much of a surprise here. Yet, I still cannot believe I lived to see the day that Humphrey’s Executor was overruled. Somewhere, Justice Scalia is smiling. I predicted that Justice Kagan would write Chartie. Justice Alito still seems upset about Carpenter. I also predicted that Justice Barrett would write Watson, though I wasn’t sure how she would vote. It turned out she voted opposite the conservatives. Back in June 2022, I think I was the first person to write about…

[ad_1] Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R–Ga.) joins Free Media’s Robby Soave to discuss the resurgence of democratic socialism, her friendship with Rep. Thomas Massie (R–Ky.), and where the Trump administration went wrong. Greene also argues that too many politicians simply refuse to listen to their constituents and would rather die in office than give up power. And Soave introduces her to a favorite Reason term: “total boomer luxury communism.” 0:00–The resurgence of democratic socialism2:17–President Donald Trump’s promise of “no new wars”6:03–The economic impact of tariffs and deportations8:32–Thomas Massie and libertarian views11:53–The political establishment and two-party system17:26–J.D. Vance and the…

[ad_1] To Survive the Imminent Chaos, You’ll Need to Develop Inner Peace I recently spent way too many hours learning to properly crimp wires for the off-grid solar system I’m building — sweating over MC4 connectors and watching tutorial videos until my eyes crossed. At first, it felt trivial. Why not just hire an electrician? Because an electrician won’t be there when the grid goes down and the supply chains freeze. The coming energy and geopolitical crises demand that we become self-reliant and grounded in practical knowledge. You and I need to learn all the practical skills we can while…

[ad_1] The Federal Reserve. (Steveheap/Dreamstime.com)   Today, the Supreme Court ruled that Slaughter gets slaughtered, but that Cook won’t get cooked! In Trump v. Slaughter, a 6-3 Court divided along ideological lines ruled that the president generally has absolute power to remove the heads of executive branch agencies, even when Congress has enacted laws limiting that authority. At least as a general rule, those laws are – according to the Court – unconstitutional infringements on the president’s executive power. Thus, Trump can give Democratic Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter the axe. By contrast, in Trump v. Cook, a 5-4 majority…

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[ad_1] Social media users are sharing many videos of buildings collapsing and people trapped under rubble, saying it shows the destruction of two massive earthquakes in Venezuela. Although many videos are authentic, some are not of the June 24 destruction. Venezuela’s government said June 29 that more than 1,700 people were killed after 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude quakes struck within 39 seconds in northern Venezuela, west of Caracas, collapsing hundreds of buildings. Multiple aftershocks followed, including a 4.6 magnitude temblor on June 29. Here are some of the misleading posts and what they actually show. Video of a white building…

[ad_1] I have a regular routine for Supreme Court decision days. On one monitor, I have the SCOTUSBlog liveblog. On a second monitor, I have the SupremeCourt.gov opinions page open. I keep Adobe Acrobat ready on a third screen. And the fourth screen is the FantasySCOTUS database, where I immediately score the cases. Usually SCOTUSBlog announces the case name and the authoring justice a few moments before the PDF link pops up on the website. (Circa 2010, the PDF links were simply the [docketnumber.pdf], so I was able to access some PDFs early by anticipating what cases came down; that…

[ad_1] “When Governments Fail, We Sail — Humanity’s Compass Points to Gaza.” Joshua Scheer As Gaza remains under siege and much of the world looks away, activists continue to challenge the blockade through acts of nonviolent resistance. In this powerful interview with Chris Hedges, Brazilian organizer Thiago Ávila recounts what he describes as one of the most brutal crackdowns yet against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla movement. Ávila details the interception of a multinational humanitarian mission in international waters, the detention of more than 180 activists, and allegations of beatings, threats, solitary confinement, and interrogation by Israeli authorities. His account is…

[ad_1] Donald Trump and FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter.   In today’s decision in Trump v. Slaughter, the Supreme Court ruled that laws protecting the heads of “independent” executive agencies from firing are unconstitutional, because they infringe on the president’s constitutional removal authority. In my last post, I noted that the exact scope of this principle is unclear, given the exception the Court carved out for members of the Federal Reserve Board in Trump v. Cook, also issued today. But let’s assume that, after Slaughter, protection against removal really is unconstitutional for the heads of all or nearly all previously “independent”…