Supreme Court Gives Trump Power To Fire Federal Judges With Impunity

[WingNot]

he U.S. Supreme Court gave presidents more control over key jobs in federal agencies on Thursday, ruling that the way the Securities and Exchange Commission selected in-house judges who enforce investor protection laws violated the U.S. Constitution.

The justices agreed with President Donald Trump’s administration that the SEC, in having low-level staff install administrative law judges, infringed upon powers given to the president in the U.S. Constitution’s “appointments clause” regarding the filling of certain federal posts.

The ruling could reverberate through the federal government, which has nearly 2,000 administrative law judges who decide matters as varied as unfair trade practices, veterans benefits and patent infringement.

https://o4anews.com/supreme-court-trump-fire-judges/

[darroll]

I know where he can start. Hawaii....

[Emjay]

he U.S. Supreme Court gave presidents more control over key jobs in federal agencies on Thursday, ruling that the way the Securities and Exchange Commission selected in-house judges who enforce investor protection laws violated the U.S. Constitution.

The justices agreed with President Donald Trump’s administration that the SEC, in having low-level staff install administrative law judges, infringed upon powers given to the president in the U.S. Constitution’s “appointments clause” regarding the filling of certain federal posts.

The ruling could reverberate through the federal government, which has nearly 2,000 administrative law judges who decide matters as varied as unfair trade practices, veterans benefits and patent infringement.

https://o4anews.com/supreme-court-trump-fire-judges/

Two great rulings this week.  I hope Trump can quickly send all the Obama appointed judges out into the world to try to make an honest living.

Maybe Walmart is hiring.

[Emjay]

I know where he can start. Hawaii....

If Trump could somehow get rid of the entire Hawaiian government, I would be happy.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Kagan has come down surprisingly conservative in a few rulings.

[libertybele]

If Trump could somehow get rid of the entire Hawaiian government, I would be happy.

If Trump would get rid of his 'heads' in the DOJ, I'd be overjoyed and this country would be in a much better place.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Just to be clear, these are only administrative judges - not lifetime Article III judges.

[Bigun]

Just to be clear, these are only administrative judges - not lifetime Article III judges.

@Maj. Bill Martin

Thanks!   Saved me a little typing!

[240B]

If Trump would get rid of his 'heads' in the DOJ, I'd be overjoyed and this country would be in a much better place.

Yea. We'll have to wait to see how and if Trump uses this. So far, the "YOU'RE FIRED!" guy has been reluctant to fire anyone. Maybe the Comey thing has him running scared? I don't know.

We know Sessions should have been fired months ago once he recused himself from his job. Even Trump himself has said so. So what's the problem? What is he waiting for?

[Emjay]

Just to be clear, these are only administrative judges - not lifetime Article III judges.

I don't believe there should be 'lifetime' judges but this is a good start.

[jpsb]

Kagan has come down surprisingly conservative in a few rulings.

From wiki

As of June 8th, 2018, during the 2017-2018 term, Kagan has voted 94.12% in agreement with Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor, as well as 97.06% agreement with Justice Stephen Breyer. She agreed with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy 73.53% of the time, with Justice Neil Gorsuch 69.7% of the time, with Justice Clarence Thomas 61.76% of the time, and with Samuel Alito 58.82% of the time.

[WingNot]

From wiki

As of June 8th, 2018, during the 2017-2018 term, Kagan has voted 94.12% in agreement with Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor, as well as 97.06% agreement with Justice Stephen Breyer. She agreed with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy 73.53% of the time, with Justice Neil Gorsuch 69.7% of the time, with Justice Clarence Thomas 61.76% of the time, and with Samuel Alito 58.82% of the time.

Yeah,  not really a record of siding with the more conservative udges.

[Free Vulcan]

Good ruling. The damn DC bureaucracy is not the 4th branch of govt.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

From wiki

As of June 8th, 2018, during the 2017-2018 term, Kagan has voted 94.12% in agreement with Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor, as well as 97.06% agreement with Justice Stephen Breyer. She agreed with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy 73.53% of the time, with Justice Neil Gorsuch 69.7% of the time, with Justice Clarence Thomas 61.76% of the time, and with Samuel Alito 58.82% of the time.

 

Well you got me there but there was a ruling recently where she sided with the conservative wing.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

This headline is completely off.

These are NOT federal judges as we know them - nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

I don't believe there should be 'lifetime' judges but this is a good start.

Right.  Administrative Law Judges still can have a significant impact.  But they're not like district court judges who may handle individual cases of national import.