Trump v. Slaughter · ¶116

If the Wilsonian vision of agencies run by neutral experts began buckling under the weight of reality early on, another feature of the plan stuck. Those in charge of these new agencies often became very difficult to dislodge. Whether this result represented a faithful manifestation of the Wilsonian project or something else entirely poses an interesting question (political actors—like Humphrey—insulated from politics?). But that is how things unfolded, and once again Humphrey was at the center of it all. So was this Court.

slip opinion, revised 7/07/26
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