Since 1935, The president of the united states did not have the ability to remove executive branch officers (FTC, ATF, USDA, etc) over policy differences. This was a major pillar of the deep state as unelected bureaucrats could not be easily removed. The Supreme Court just ruled that was bullshit.
If not the President, then who can fire them? Somebody has to be in charge.
The basic problem is Congress made a bunch of executive agencies that are making law. FTC, FCC, EPA, etc don't just enforce law they decide what is legal and illegal with their rulemaking.
That's Congress's job. Just have a committee that does FTC-style rulemaking, then Congress votes and passes the new rules in some omnibus nobody reads, then the Executive branch enforces them. Then the Pres can fire and replace whoever is at FTC, but can't have somebody change the rules on a whim.
non-archive: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/29/supreme-court-trump-slaughter-ftc.html
Since 1935, The president of the united states did not have the ability to remove executive branch officers (FTC, ATF, USDA, etc) over policy differences. This was a major pillar of the deep state as unelected bureaucrats could not be easily removed. The Supreme Court just ruled that was bullshit.
Of course he did.
Of fucking course. Cut off the tentacles, leave the head
which makes sense at the technical level, because the Federal reserve is not part of the executive branch.
that is a huge problem, but it is a different problem.
If not the President, then who can fire them? Somebody has to be in charge.
The basic problem is Congress made a bunch of executive agencies that are making law. FTC, FCC, EPA, etc don't just enforce law they decide what is legal and illegal with their rulemaking.
That's Congress's job. Just have a committee that does FTC-style rulemaking, then Congress votes and passes the new rules in some omnibus nobody reads, then the Executive branch enforces them. Then the Pres can fire and replace whoever is at FTC, but can't have somebody change the rules on a whim.