re: SCOTUS- Trump has authority to fire heads of independent federal agencies

Judge boasberg unavailable for comment but sfr is here to carry water.

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It can not be any other way. Agencies "independent" from the accountability to the voters should NEVER be a thing in our government.

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They're not. Congress has traditionally held this power, though, as Congress forms these agencies and sets the rules.

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The executive only has power (in this context) because Congress granted it power, though

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Wrong.

Now, give me extra fries with my order.

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So, you're telling me that the President of the United States has more authority than some little local shitass liberal judge?

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Not according to TDSFP.

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Congress forms these agencies and sets the rules.

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Congress put together the blueprint for these systems but one rule they can't change is who staffs and runs them.

The Constitution says the org chart belongs to the President, and who runs the system is as important as the system itself.

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That’s not the debate at all. Very weak attempt at redirection

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This is basically every thread SFP participates in

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Seethe, you TDS bitch.

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I haven't referenced specific pols once ITT

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The strategy of the Left — to bury Trump in legal warfare and block him with slow-walking loyalists — j

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Objection - improper foundation! .... Some board expert (in this thread) told us this does not exist.

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but one rule they can't change is who staffs and runs them.

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That's not specifically the question.

The question is how Congress can structure that process.

This is similar to the issues with how these agencies are funded. Last year the USSC approved the CFPB's funding 7-2, with the opinion written by Clarence Thomas. The slight difference is that case permitted Congress to write the rules that gave more power to the executive by removing the funding role directly from Congress and giving it to the Fed.

This rigid, siloed reading of Congress's power in crafting these agencies would have never permitted cessation of funding directly via Congress, as that's a specific Constitutional role of Congress. This argument would not permit Congress to abdicate that duty, as no other avenue would permit Constitutionally-approved funding.

So the fact that Congress can structure these agencies by abdicating power also implies Congress can structure these agencies by retaining some power in forming the structure of some aspects. This is not the same thing as execution of the agencies on their day-to-day operations, only the process in how those people are able to assume those positions.