Justice Jackson: Presidents Should Not Be Able to Fire Gov. Experts

Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson's Blunt Call for Government By "Independent" Experts

In oral arguments this week for Trump v. Slaughter, the high-impact Supreme Court case argued this week over the right of the president to fire the Federal Trade Commissioner, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the quiet part out loud. From an early skirmish with hacksaw-voiced Solicitor General John Sauer:BROWN JACKSON: You seem to think that that there’s something about the president that requires him to control everything as a matter of democ…

Justice Statements During SCOTUS Hearing Stirs Debate - Patriot Newsfeed

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson may have just crystallized the core divide in one of the most important constitutional debates of our time — and in doing so, underscored the philosophical collision at the heart of Trump v. Slaughter, a case that could redraw the map of executive power in America. During oral arguments, Jackson forcefully defended the independence of federal agencies, warning that allowing the president to fire non-partisan experts…

Dumbest Supreme Court Justice Inadvertently Calls To Change Constitution

In Monday’s oral argument in the case of Trump v. Slaughter, Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered an impassioned rant defending America’s unelected expert class.

Justice Jackson Fights for Independence for Pencil Pushers

During the Supreme Court hearing to decide on the President’s right to fire executive agendcy officials, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson told the Court that presidents should not be able to fire experts (picked by Democrats) who currently run the government. She also argued that the President should not control transportation and the economy during her […] The post Justice Jackson Fights for Independence for Pencil Pushers appeared first on www.in…

Humphrey’s Estate and Jackson’s Experts: Justice Offers Surprising View of the Separation of Powers

As I discussed in yesterday’s coverage of the oral arguments in Trump v. Slaughter, the argument went poorly for those who sought to sustain the 90-year-old precedent in Humphrey’s Executor, limiting a president’s power to fire members of independent commissions. It seems unlikely that Humphrey’s Executor will live to see 91 after Chief Justice John Roberts called it “just a dried husk.” As is increasingly becoming the case, Justice Ketanji Brow…

Justice Jackson: Presidents Should Not Be Able to Fire Gov. Experts

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson argued that the president of the United States should not be able to fire government experts such as scientists, doctors, economists, and PhDs, and she claimed it is “not in the best interest” of American citizens.