Supreme Court Hands Trump Sweeping Authority Over Federal Agencies

About this episode

The episode discusses the Supreme Court's ruling that grants Trump sweeping authority over federal agencies and its implications.

The Supreme Court just gave Trump the ability to dismiss the heads of supposedly independent agencies — overruling 91 years of precedent — with the exception of the Federal Reserve. Professor Richard Wolff and producer Nicole Roussell discuss the meaning of this ruling, as well as the birthright citizenship and campaign finance SCOTUS decisions this week. Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com . Join the The Socialist Program community at http://www.patreon.com/thesocialistprogram to get exclusive content and help keep this show on the air.

People in this episode

Host: Brian Becker

Guest: Richard Wolff

Topics covered

• Supreme Court
• Trump
• federal agencies
• birthright citizenship
• campaign finance
• politics
• law

Keywords

• Supreme Court
• Trump
• federal agencies
• birthright citizenship
• campaign finance
• Richard Wolff
• Democracy at Work

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Democracy at Work, Federal Reserve, The Socialist Program

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