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Supreme Court Hands Trump The Power To Fire Thousands Of Judges (Wonderful News Alert)
Washington Post 24 ^ | June 25, 2018

Posted on 06/24/2018 10:03:13 PM PDT by Zakeet

Perhaps the biggest roadblock to Trump’s MAGA agenda has been radical, liberal judges. These men and women, appointed by previous presidents and other powers, have interfered with President Trump’s lawful authority.

But that’s all about to change.

Judges are supposed to be impartial. They have a solemn duty to uphold our laws. Decisions made by judges can decide the fate of not just one person, but millions. Judges that preside over federal issues can very well affect the lives of every last American.

We’ve seen how radical judges can harm our country. Obama-appointed judges have overstepped their bounds by attacking Trump’s lawful executive orders. They have allowed their personal, political views to violate their responsibilities.

Not only that, but certain groups within our government have been appointing judges—without the approval of the president. This is clearly a violation of the Constitution. Thankfully, the Supreme Court felt so too. Now many questionable judges are about to get their walking papers.

From Reuters:

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday expanded presidential control over pivotal jobs in federal agencies, ruling that the way the Securities and Exchange Commission selected its in-house judges to enforce investor-protection laws was improper.

In a 7-2 ruling, the justices overturned a lower court ruling that had endorsed the SEC’s in-house judge hiring practice that operated autonomously from the president.

The ruling could reverberate through the federal government, which has nearly 2,000 administrative law judges deciding matters as varied as unfair trade practices, veterans benefits and patent infringement. Such a ruling could also make it easier for some of these judges to be fired by political appointees.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: administrativelaw; jailforjudges; judgeimpeachment; judges; judicialactivism; ruleoflaw; scotus; supremecourt; trump; trumpjudiciary; trumpscotus; trumpwinning; winning; yourefired
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To: Zakeet

The judges are not in the category of the regular federal judges in the judiciary. The ruling applies to judges in the executive regulatory agencies. Another area where we have such judges is in the immigration procedures involving illegals, requests for asylum, violations of visas, and perjury as to answers on visa, citizenship, and other immigration processes.


61 posted on 06/25/2018 4:07:00 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: Zakeet

I wonder if this affects FISA court judges who I understand are appointed the the Chief Justice of SCOTUS?


62 posted on 06/25/2018 5:15:51 PM PDT by Will88
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To: upchuck
Cannot imagine WaPo or Reuters printing any thing like that.

Maybe they are getting tired of decreasing readers and circulation.

63 posted on 06/25/2018 5:26:59 PM PDT by hattend
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To: upchuck

I’m also surprised the decision was 7-2!


64 posted on 06/25/2018 7:25:51 PM PDT by CottonBall (Thank you , Julian!)
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To: BruceS

You can only impeach a justice/judge that has been nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. You can’t fire them or reduce their salary.


1. Congress could add justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. FDR threatened to stack the Court back in the 1930s. He didn’t only because the Supreme Court caved on Socialist Security.

2. Congress can reduce the number of judges and eliminate circuits entirely, or add new circuits. So that the current Ninth Circuit might have jurisdiction only for the north end of China Lake while three new circuits have jurisdiction over the rest of the West Coast.


65 posted on 06/25/2018 10:20:01 PM PDT by bIlluminati (Defund the Left. Shrink the U.S. Federal government to 1897 levels.)
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To: DoughtyOne

We are talking about Administrative Law Judges that set thousands of petty regulations — not real judges.

These are crap judges appointed within and by EPA, Department Labor, etc, and etc. They aren’t really authorized except by the behemoth itself.


66 posted on 06/25/2018 10:25:19 PM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: Zakeet

As I read it, and it’s kinda late here, this applies to Administrative Law Judges, not federal court judges.


67 posted on 06/25/2018 10:31:51 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: KC Burke

Thanks. I wasn’t exactly sure of their role, but had picked up on the idea they weren’t judges in the criminal justice system.


68 posted on 06/25/2018 11:41:25 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: TexasGator

He has the power to appoint an interim and if they don’t confirm he can appoint another.


69 posted on 06/26/2018 5:33:04 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: DoughtyOne

These are judges that didn’t go through the President. Appointed by others.

At the very least, it’s a good bargaining chip if the senate doesn’t start approving his judges. Don’t approve my nominations, and I’ll start axing all the libs I can.


70 posted on 06/26/2018 6:21:31 AM PDT by Trumplican
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To: rdl6989
Administrative law judges are some of the worst offenders against the Constitution and the People. To be able to cleanse the nation of the disease agents among them is a wonderful thing.
71 posted on 06/26/2018 7:50:52 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Sa-teef
Wake up. Administrative law judges are the infantry of the Deep State. They have more power over your day-to-day life than the entire Supreme Court.
72 posted on 06/26/2018 7:53:11 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: hinckley buzzard
I'm wide awake, and I've testified before administrative law judges before. They are no better or worse than the bureaucrats who typically appoint them. And there in lies the problem.

The decision will allow the President to appoint them rather than the bureaucracy they are representing, as it should be.

My response was directed as the folks who thought this applied to district and appellate court judges, which it does not. Those are all appointed by the sitting president and confirmed by the Senate.

73 posted on 06/27/2018 4:18:58 AM PDT by Sa-teef
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