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Supreme Court rules Trump has unfettered power to fire officials |
2020-06-30 |
![]() The justices ruled, 5-4, that the Constitution requires the president have unfettered discretion to fire the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. However, denial ain't just a river in Egypt... the high court rejected arguments that the entire agency should be shut down. All of the Republican appointees on the high court backed the decision eliminating the restrictions on the firing of leaders of so-called single-member agencies, while all the Democrat-appointed justices said they would have left those limitations in place. The board was the brainchild of Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Being Native American has been part of my story since the day I was bornWarren ![]() before her days in elected office, and enacted into law by Congress in the wake of the 2008 financial collapse. The White House hailed the ruling. "Today’s decision represents an important victory for the fundamental principle that government officials should be accountable to the American people," press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said in a statement. |
Posted by:Fred |
#6 Roberts has become a swing vote (translated as unpredictable flake who is often not guided by the Constitution). He has made some horrible decisions but in this case he voted with the majority. Maybe this will shut up the Dem left about Trump's Constitutional right to fire people. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2020-06-30 14:18 |
#5 " I can fire you or you can move to the new office in central Kansas. " |
Posted by: Thaith Elmeresing6163 2020-06-30 08:47 |
#4 The leftist rioters say they are fighting fascism. This should be applauded by the rioters. This forever department whose entire purpose is to exist without change and tell companies what they can and cannot do. |
Posted by: Airandee 2020-06-30 02:36 |
#3 they don't understand that |
Posted by: Chris 2020-06-30 00:23 |
#2 tl;dr: If you are President, you can do President stuff. Even Trump. |
Posted by: SteveS 2020-06-30 00:23 |
#1 Yeah, o.k., but I'd rather have had Quisling Roberts vote differently on other issues. But, at least this is "something". |
Posted by: Clem 2020-06-30 00:07 |