By letting presidents fire independent agency commissioners at will, the Supreme Court broke a deliberate diffusion of power that is as old as the Constitution itself.
Justice Department
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Courts Keep Blocking Trump’s Moves Against the Right to Vote
We are protected not only by Congress’s rejection of the SAVE America Act. Courts are distinctly unsympathetic to Trump’s attempted takeover of elections via executive order.
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Trump Goes Postal
The latest scheme to use the Postal Service to block mail ballots and take over elections
Posted inEconomic Policy
Nothing Is Safe From Private Equity Rollups
Is antitrust enforcement equal to the challenge of defeating the most prevalent abuses?
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump’s Slush Fund Could End Up Costing Recipients Billions
Suing slush fund recipients under the False Claims Act could claw back their payments, plus three times as much in damages.
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Organized Money: Who Killed Spirit Airlines?
Death by a thousand cuts delivered by myriad assassins
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Meat Industry Price Fixer Sentenced to Make Money
Agri Stats collected proprietary information from all meat producers and encouraged price increases for decades. After a Trump DOJ settlement, it’s allowed to stay in business.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Aftermath: The First Corporate Casualty of the Iran War
Spirit Airlines’ demise can be directly traced to the rise in jet fuel prices. That hasn’t stopped corporate Democrats from blaming Biden-era merger policy.
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Objective News Coverage? Not on the Ellisons’ Watch!
With their mega-purchase up for administration approval, they compelled CBS News to honor Trump last week.
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Organized Money: The Live Nation Ticketmaster Verdict
State AGs pick up the Fed’s slack and win one for the fans.
