The #Constitution set up a #SeparationOfPowers among the federal government's #coequal #executive, #legislative & #judicial branches.

Proponents of a *conservative* legal doctrine called the "#UnitaryExecutive" theory that envisions vast executive authority for a president portray Humphrey's as wrongly decided. They argue that #ArticleII gives a president sole authority over the executive branch, including the power to fire heads of #independent agencies despite protections under #law.

…The fate of the statutory protections in question rests on how #SCOTUS treats Humphrey's Executor & related rulings. In the 1935 ruling, the court upheld for-cause removal protections for FTC members, faulting Roosevelt's firing for policy differences.

In that decision, SCOTUS said restricting a president's removal was lawful because that agency performed tasks more closely resembling #legislative & #judicial functions, rather than those belonging squarely to the #ExecutiveBranch.

§6 General Provisions [notably this puts #OMB Dir & #Project2025 architect #RussVought essentially in charge]
“the functions of the Director of the Office of Management & Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or #legislative proposals.”

…A longtime force on the #Judiciary Cmte, Mr. #Durbin became its chair in 2021, resisting calls from progressives that he make room for a younger member given his leadership role & other #legislative responsibilities.

He subsequently oversaw the confirmation of 235 federal #judges during the Biden admin—including one #SCOTUS justice—surpassing by one the number of judges confirmed by #Republicans during an aggressive push in #Trump’s first term.

Several #Texas #Christians & 2 small businesses sued in federal court in Texas in 2020 to challenge the #USPSTF,'s structure. It is the latest in a years-long series of challenges to the 2010 #law, Pres #Obama's signature #legislative achievement, to reach #SCOTUS.

If the justices uphold the lower court's ruling, #health associations said in a filing, life-saving tests & treatments that have been cost-free would become subject to co-pays & deductibles.

If the #Trump admin doesn’t comply with the #law & provide the agreements made with the Salvadoran government, what will they do?

They can’t impeach with #Republicans controlling both chambers of #Congress.

Even if they then sue & win, Trump has shown he won’t abide by any court orders, not even orders from #SCOTUS.

There is no enforcing body willing or able to hold him accountable.

In that famously hot, stuffy room in Philadelphia, windows closed for the sake of secrecy, they sweated & argued about how to limit the powers of the American executive. They arrived at the idea of dividing #power between different branches of govt. As James Madison wrote in “Federalist No. 47”: “The accumulation of all powers, #legislative, #executive, & #judiciary in the same hands…may justly be pronounced the very definition of #tyranny.”

#Gay #US #Rep. #MarkPocan hopes #November’s #election will turn the page on #DonaldTrump and the #farright.

As the #chair of the #Congressional #EqualityCaucus, out Pocan’s #commitment to #advancing the #rights of #LGBTQ+ #people is more than just #legislative — it’s #personal.

https://www.advocate.com/politics/mark-pocan-wisconsin-profile

#POTUS recounted his various #legislative achievements, arguing they helped put the country back on track after the #COVID19 #pandemic, lower the #unemployment rate & bolster the #MiddleClass.

#Biden cited the $1.2T bipartisan #infrastructure #law that funded improvements to roadways, railways, ports & airports across the country.

He pointed to the #Chips & #Science Act, another bipartisan piece of #legislation that funded investments in semiconductor chip manufacturing.

…make no mistake, this is bully talk coming from #Gorsuch & #SCOTUS. The #SupremeCourt has no official capacity or duty to make #laws or enforce them. It is the sole jurisdiction of #Congress to make laws, & thereby create #legislative reform. It is also the power of the #President, as the leader of his #political party, to recommend & advise to his party members in Congress to make laws that he believes would be beneficial to the Republic.