Trump v. Slaughter · ¶109

Finally, to fulfill their new responsibilities, politically insulated agency experts needed power. Lots of it. Much more than just executive authority to enforce the laws Congress writes. They also required authority over “legislative and judicial acts.” W. Wilson, Notes for Lectures on Administration at the Johns Hopkins (1891), in 7 Papers of Woodrow Wilson 136 (A. Link ed. 1969) (Wilson, Notes). All told, they needed “legislative power,” “executive power,” and— while they were at it—“whatever power might be required to achieve the desired results.” Landis 10; see also Wilson, Notes 138 (describing as “advantag[e]ous” the Prussian “union . . . of legislativ[e], administrative, and judicial functions”).

slip opinion, revised 7/07/26
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