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What is Humphrey's Executor? A look at the 90-year-old Supreme Court decision
WASHINGTON (AP) — A month into President Donald Trump ‘s second term, lawyers for the Republican administration seem intent on provoking a legal fight to overturn a 90-year-old Supreme Court decision known as Humphrey’s Executor that has been critical to the development of the modern U.S. government. Humphrey’s Executor ushered in an era of powerful independent federal agencies charged with regulating […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A month into President Donald Trump ‘s second term, lawyers for the Republican administration seem intent on provoking a legal fight to overturn a 90-year-old Supreme Court decision known as Humphrey’s Executor that has been critical to the development of the modern U.S. government. Roberts’ early legal career was spent in the Reagan administration, which advocated an expansive view of presidential power that opposed limits Congress imposed in the wake of the Watergate scandal and the Vietnam War. Dozens of agencies could fall if the court agrees, said Brianne Gorod, chief counsel at the progressive Constitutional Accountability Center, “including ones that protect America’s workers, help ensure the safety of our consumer products and regulate the civilian use of nuclear energy.”
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