Trump v. Slaughter · ¶233
Today’s decision profoundly undermines this reliance and, as a result, undercuts one side of the balance that the political branches struck. Put simply, today the majority reshapes our Government. Dozens of independent commissions are now likely to become purely executive agencies, shifting tremendous power over broad swaths of American life into the President’s hands: the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, with responsibility for managing the Nation’s energy supply, see 42 U. S. C. §7171(b)(1); the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which protects Americans against harms caused by dangerous goods, see 15 U. S. C. §2053(a); the Chemical Safety Board, tasked with investigating chemical disasters, see 42 U. S. C. §7412(r)(6)(B); the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, responsible for the regulation of nuclear power, see 42 U. S. C. §§5841(a), (c), (e); and the Merit Systems Protection…Read in context ›
slip opinion, revised 7/07/26
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