About this episode

The episode discusses a landmark Supreme Court decision that expands presidential power, focusing on its implications for Donald Trump and independent agencies.

SCOTUS overturns 90 years of legal precedent to expand US presidential power, handing Donald Trump a major victory. The court ruled President Donald Trump CAN fire the heads of independent agencies without cause. The justices struck down a nearly century-old precedent that has allowed Congress to protect the leaders of independent agencies from political influence. The court’s landmark decision is based on allowing President Trump to remove a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, Rebecca Slaughter, for policy reasons. She sued the government, but today’s decision effectively ends the bipartisan, independent nature of regulatory agencies that oversee many aspects of American life. Trump has called the decision a "BIG WIN" and "one of the most important ever given with respect to Presidential Powers.” Anthony and Sarah talk to Professor Kate Shaw from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast and ask, is Trump now the most powerful President in history? We also look at cases which didn’t go Trump’s way, and what that tells us about the Supreme Court, and whether it’s prepared to stand up to the president. HOSTS: • Sarah…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sarah Smith, Anthony Zurcher

Guest: Kate Shaw

Topics covered

• Supreme Court
• presidential power
• Donald Trump
• independent agencies
• legal precedent
• political influence

Keywords

• Supreme Court
• Donald Trump
• presidential powers
• independent agencies
• legal precedent
• Rebecca Slaughter
• political influence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Pennsylvania Law School, Federal Trade Commission, SCOTUS

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