Trump’s DOJ sent Sen. Durbin a letter Wednesday notifying him that the department plans to ask SCOTUS to overturn a key precedent case limiting the president’s power to remove independent agency members.
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PresidentDonaldTrump’sDepartmentofJusticeisseekingtooverturnalandmarkSupremeCourtcaseinanefforttogivethepresidentgreatercontroloverindependentthree-letteragencies.
InamovethatcouldallowTrumptomoreeasilyfireofficialswhorefusetoimplementhispolicies,theactingU.S.solicitorgeneralsentIllinoisDemocraticSen.DickDurbinaletteronWednesday,notifyinghimoftheJusticeDepartment’splanstoasktheSupremeCourttooverturnakeyprecedentthatlimitsthepresident’spowertoremoveindependentagencymembers.
Theletter,pennedbyActingSolicitorGeneralSarahHarris,saystheDOJhasdetermined“thatcertainfor-causeremovalprovisions”thatapplytocertainadministrativeagencymembersareunconstitutional,andthedepartmentwould“nolongerdefendtheirconstitutionality.”
TRUMP’SJUSTICEDEPARTMENTORDERTODROPCHARGE
