Trump v. Slaughter Part III: Creating Monsters to Destroy

Trump v. Slaughter Part III: Creating Monsters to Destroy

April 23, 2026 · 8 min

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Spencer and Ryan discuss the implications of the arguments in favor of Rebecca Slaughter in the context of the Trump v. Slaughter case.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claremontinstitute.substack.com In anticipation of an eventual Trump v. Slaughter ruling, Spencer and Ryan follow up last week’s special episode by outlining the arguments in favor of ex-FTC commissioner Rebecca Slaughter. After Clarence Thomas and the other Court conservatives prodded Slaughter's representative Amit Agarwal, it turned out that the respondents' argument could, in principle, be used to engineer a wholesale takeover of government power by Congress and the administrative state. Will Humphrey's Executor be overturned? Ryan and Spencer make their bets.

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