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| Posted by:Procopius2k |
| #5 4^ true but the Special Counsel legislation was specifically designed to curb the power of the executive branch unlike the doctrine of separate but equal notably, there are laws that delegate tariff and warpower authority to the President, passed by Congress and signed by the President, that seem to explicitly violate the separation of powers doctrine -- if the special counsel legislation is unconstitutional I have a hard time understanding how the tariff and warpowers legislation isn't also unconstitutional, but of course that will have to wait a legal challenge |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2025-02-17 17:14 |
| #4 despite the cooperation between Congress and the President in developing and strengthening the law over several decades. There was lots of that with regard to Separate But Equal before the US Supreme Court ruled the entire principle was unconstitutional. Precedents as an argument is only lasts until the underlying principle faces the critical Constitutional challenge. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2025-02-17 16:31 |
| #3 The legislation that established the office in question was signed by the President in, I think, the 1970s and amendments also signed by the President were passed in the 1980s, 1990s and subsequently. The legislation says the Special Counsel can only be fired for a finding of inefficiency, malfeasance of neglect of duty (which have not been alleged). To uphold the firing, the court would have to determine that the law itself was unconstitutional despite the cooperation between Congress and the President in developing and strengthening the law over several decades. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2025-02-17 16:12 |
| #2 Pres. Trump Files Emergency Appeal to Supreme Court to Overturn Reinstatement of Hampton Dellinger as Head of Office of Special Counsel |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-02-17 11:24 |
| #1 Preemptive preparation of judges that could be 'judge shopped' if the need arises? |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2025-02-17 10:57 |