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Two SCOTUS cases may have changed how independent institutions function
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The key question here is whether Congress can place limits on the president’s authority to remove officials at independent agencies.
In slaughter, the Federal Trade Commission, the FTC as you mentioned, and it was a six three decision based on ideological lines.
This case, the Slaughter case, overruled a 90-year precedent of Humphrey’s Executor, where President Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, tried to remove an FTC commissioner that had been appointed by the prior administration, President Hoover.
Justice Sotomayor in the Slaughter case mentioned a few agencies, how it will transform government and create chaos.
Congress can also put performance standards on the individuals, and I think that’s a really important element here.