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US Supreme Court expands Trump’s power to fire officials, but protects Fed

US Supreme Court expands Trump’s power to fire officials, but protects Fed

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The U.S. Supreme Court expanded President Trump’s power to fire heads of most independent federal agencies, with a 6‑3 decision affirming his authority while exempting the Federal Reserve.

Donald Trump
Republican Party
1. We will take appropriate action immediately to make sure that someone who has committed wrongdoing will not be making vital decisions concerning the Welfare of the United States of America!
2. To show the importance of the Slaughter Case, 90 years of precedent has been COMPLETELY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY OVERRULED, greatly increasing Presidential Power at a time when it is most needed!
3. It is such an Honor to be the sitting President who won this Historic and Unprecedented Ruling, one of the most important ever given with respect to Presidential Powers.
US Supreme Court
1. Not only the fact of independence but also the appearance of independence is key to the Federal Reserve's design.
Brett Kavanaugh
US Supreme Court
1. I would not go down that road. I would not risk destabilizing the US economy.
2. Even temporary uncertainty about the status of the Federal Reserve could spark … turmoil in the US and world economies.
3. Leaving that question open would create significant uncertainty about whether the Court might soon eliminate the Federal Reserve's independence, and thereby expose the Federal Reserve to political influences and jeopardize the efficacy of U. S. monetary policy.
John Roberts
US Supreme Court
1. We see no reason to leave the public in limbo, or to sow doubt as to the status of one of our Nation's (and the world's) most important financial institutions.
2. Independent agencies are not 'independent' in the sense that they are free of the President and thus responsive 'only to the people of the United States,'
3. Would allow the President to remove a member of the Federal Reserve at any time, for any reason, without any notice before, and without any judicial check after. That would turn for-cause protection into little more than at-will employment.
4. The ultimate question of whether the President can remove Cook for cause will depend in part on the underlying facts.
5. Although it is up to the Senate to decide whether to confirm those with whom the president would prefer to work, neither Congress nor the courts may saddle him with those with whom he cannot work.
6. Humphrey's has for decades been a result in search of a rationale.
7. If anything more is left of Humphrey's, we overrule it.
8. We hold that such protection from removal is contrary to the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution.
9. To discharg[e] the duties of his trust, the President must have the assistance of officers he can trust. ... Subordinates who exercise the President's power are subject to removal by him. Then, and only then, can they remain accountable to the President, and the President to the people.
10. Our Constitution creates three branches, but only one President.
Sonia Sotomayor
US Supreme Court
1. Today, the majority replaces 90 years of proven, workable practice with a half-baked theory of executive power that is simultaneously all encompassing yet also subject to necessary but undefined exceptions.
2. The president, to be sure, emerges with more power than ever before. That power was given to him by six justices on this court, not the people or the Constitution.
Lisa Cook
Federal Reserve System
1. It was an attempt to remove me on a manufactured pretext because I refused to bow to political pressure and continued to set interest rates based only on what would best serve the American people. That is the most fundamental obligation of a Federal Reserve governor.
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter
US Federal Trade Commission
1. Somehow Wall Street is special and gets special treatment, but other than that, the agencies that look out for everyday Americans do not.
Elizabeth Warren
Democratic Party
1. Donald Trump has fired Democratic appointees and seized control of formerly independent agencies so they serve him and his billionaire friends instead of the American public.

US Supreme Court expands Trump’s power to fire officials, but protects Fed

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