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This Is Exactly How Trump Is Trying To Takeover Independent Agencies

Above The Law

The Department of Justice recently indicated they would ask the Supreme Court to overturn what 1935 precedent? Hint: The case established the ability of Congress to limit a president’s authority to remove a commissioner of an independent agency to instances of “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.”

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US DOJ finds removal restrictions for administrative law judges unconstitutional

JURIST

Acting Solicitor General of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Sarah Harris sent a letter to President Pro Tempore of the US Senate Charles Grassley on Thursday sharing the DOJ’s determination that removal restrictions for administrative law judges (ALJs) are unconstitutional and that the DOJ no longer intends to defend them in court.