{"id":64494,"date":"2026-06-30T12:08:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T16:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=64494"},"modified":"2026-06-30T12:08:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T16:08:41","slug":"taking-aim-at-the-deep-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=64494","title":{"rendered":"Taking Aim At The Deep State"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, The Daily Signal<\/a> posted an article about a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that will have a negative impact on the deep state.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court<\/strong><\/a> ruled 6-3 to strike down the 90-year-old precedent in Humphrey\u2019s Executor that insulated deep state actors when even the president sought to fire them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNearly 250 years ago, the Framers decided to vest \u2018[t]he executive Power\u2019 in one person\u2014\u2019a President of the United States of America,\u2019\u201d Chief Justice John Roberts<\/a> wrote in the majority opinion. \u201cThe choice was not made lightly.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Roberts noted that \u201cseveral delegates to the Constitutional Convention pushed for a multimember council instead of \u2018unity in the Executive magistracy,\u2019 which they feared would serve as \u2018the foetus of monarchy.\u2019 But unity won out.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOur Constitution\u2019s drafters knew from experience that a \u2018plurality in the executive\u2019\u2014the model in use by most States at the time\u2014not only \u2018diminishe[s]\u2019 the \u2018activity, secrecy, and dispatch\u2019 necessary to ensure \u2018good government\u2019 but \u2018tends to conceal faults and destroy responsibility,\u2019\u201d he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Roberts delivered the opinion of the court, which Justices Samuel Alito<\/a>, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett joined in full. Justice Clarence Thomas joined every part of the opinion except one, while Justice Sonia Sotomayor filed a dissent, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The deep state was very active during the first Trump administration and has not gone away. Their actions have been blunted somewhat by President Trump’s quick learning curve and by the loyalty of the people he has chosen for his cabinet this administration. In President Trump’s first administration, the deep state saw him coming and was prepared. In this administration President Trump saw the deep state coming and was prepared.<\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

An\u00a0RMG Research poll<\/a>\u00a0last year found that 75% of Washington, D.C.-area federal employees who made at least $150,000 a year and who voted for Kamala Harris in 2024 would disobey a lawful Trump order if they considered it bad policy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That is the reason this decision is important.<\/p>\n

The article concludes”<\/p>\n

Trump v. Slaughter involved President Donald Trump\u2019s ouster of Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, but it will affect other federal boards and commissions with members appointed by Republican and Democrat presidents.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The so-called independent boards and commissions have members appointed by Republican and Democrat presidents who, in theory, operate without political concerns. They serve for a set term, regardless of whether a new president of a different party assumes office during that term.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Slaughter\u2019s lawyer argued that independent commissions have existed in some form since the 1790s and added that such bodies don\u2019t operate with unchecked power, since members are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 prohibited the president from firing a commissioner for any reason other than \u201cinefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Humphrey\u2019s Executor v. United States (1935), the high court ruled that Congress could enact laws limiting the power of a president to fire executive officials of an independent agency.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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