The Unitary Executive

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June 29, 2026

In the case of Slaughter v Trump, Trump claimed he has the right
to fire Rebecca Slaughter, a member of the Federal Trade
Commission even though the Court has long said the president does
not have the power to fire members of independent agencies except
in extreme cases, The argument is an attempt to establish the
idea of the unitary executive which asserts the power of the
president and diminishes the power of Congress, The theory
proposes that the president cannot be reined in by the other two
branches of government, In a 6-3 vote the Supreme court decided
in Trump’s favor, Dissenting justices wrote that the Court is
undoing centuries of practice, elevating the president above his
once coequal branches, The decision gives Trump power he clearly
has no inclination to give up.

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