35 m. ago SCOTUS case could expand presidential powers. And, Dems pitch plan for ACA subsidies

The Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a case about President Trump's firing of a Federal Trade Commissioner. And, Senate Democrats are set to pitch a plan to extend ACA subsidies this week.

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67 m. ago Legal scholar discusses SCOTUS case on the firing of a Democratic FTC commissioner

NPR's Leila Fadel asks legal scholar Jeffrey Rosen how a Supreme Court case over the firing of Rebecca Slaughter, a Democratic FTC commissioner, could expand presidential powers.

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1 hour ago Fight over Trump's power to fire FTC member heads to US Supreme Court

Fight over Trump's power to fire FTC member heads to US Supreme Court  Reuters

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2 h. ago Supreme Court to rule on Trump's bid to control independent agencies

In a landmark case, the Supreme Court will determine the future of independent government agencies such as the FTC and a president's power to remove leaders at will.

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2 h. ago Must the Military Disobey Unlawful Orders? Pam Bondi Has Said Yes.

As a lawyer for a conservative think tank, Ms. Bondi, now the attorney general, filed a Supreme Court brief last year saying service members who followed such orders were committing crimes.

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2 h. ago Supreme Court to Hear Major Test of Trump’s Power to Fire Officials

The court’s conservative majority has generally let President Trump remove leaders of independent agencies like the Federal Trade Commission, at least temporarily.

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2 h. ago Supreme Court to hear case that could vastly expand presidential powers

The Supreme Court hears arguments in a case about President Trump's firing of a Federal Trade Commissioner. At stake is a 90-year precedent limiting the president's power over independent agencies.

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16 h. ago Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship will depend on interpretation of one key phrase

Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship will depend on interpretation of one key phrase  Arkansas Advocate

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22 h. ago Presidential Power Gets Tested Before Supreme Court After Long Conservative Project to Shrink Agencies

President Trump has repeatedly ousted leaders of independent agencies despite federal laws meant to shield those regulators from politics.

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26 h. ago Conservative Project at Supreme Court Meets Trump’s Push to Oust Officials

President Trump has repeatedly ousted leaders of independent agencies despite federal laws meant to shield those regulators from politics.

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26 h. ago For Landmark Test of Executive Power, Echoes of a 1930s Supreme Court Battle

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s efforts to oust a Federal Trade Commission leader offer parallels to the current fight over President Trump’s actions.

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28 h. ago United States Supreme Court takes up Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship

United States Supreme Court takes up Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship  The Sentinel - of this Land, for its People

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49 h. ago US Supreme Court may be poised to ditch more of its precedents

US Supreme Court may be poised to ditch more of its precedents  Reuters

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57 h. ago Supreme Court will decide whether Trump’s birthright citizenship order violates Constitution

The case will be argued in the spring. A definitive ruling is expected by early summer. The post Supreme Court will decide whether Trump’s birthright citizenship order violates Constitution appeared first on Boston.com.

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61 h. ago Supreme Court to take on controversial Trump policy on birthright citizenship

Supreme Court to take on controversial Trump policy on birthright citizenship  USA Today

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61 h. ago Supreme Court to Consider Trump's Plan to Curb Birthright Citizenship

The Supreme Court announced that it would hear arguments regarding President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship for the children of illegal aliens who are born in the United States. The post Supreme Court to Consider Trump’s Plan to Curb Birthright Citizenship appeared first on Breitbart.

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61 h. ago Justices to Review Trump’s Order Restricting Birthright Citizenship

Also, the celebrated architect Frank Gehry dies at 96. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

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62 h. ago The Supreme Court, Once Wary of Partisan Gerrymandering, Goes All In

The court’s conservative majority said that Texas’ asserted political motives justified letting the state use voting maps meant to disadvantage Democrats in the midterms.

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62 h. ago US Supreme Court agrees to hear case challenging birthright citizenship

US Supreme Court agrees to hear case challenging birthright citizenship  BBC

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62 h. ago US Supreme Court to consider Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship

US Supreme Court to consider Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship  Al Jazeera

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