 John,
Out of these 50 firings, 10 were of appointees that Trump himself installed. Many of these firings by Trump have been illegal, and some go against Supreme Court precedent. For example, Trump’s firing of the two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission undermines the Supreme Court's 1935 decision in Humphrey’s Executor v. U.S. that says presidents cannot remove members of the FTC on policy grounds. The Trump administration hasn’t been shy in hiding its desire to overturn this decision. In a letter to Senator Dick Durbin, it stated that the Department of Justice “intends to urge the Supreme Court to overrule [the Humphrey’s Executor] decision, which prevents the President from adequately supervising principal officers in the Executive Branch.” Overturning Humprey's Executor would end independent agencies as we know them, legitimize Trump’s illegal firing spree and give presidents the freedom to install their politically-aligned appointees to positions that are designed to be apolitical. CREW is committed to tracking Trump’s efforts to remake the government to suit his own authoritarian aims and committed to calling it out. We’re working to hold him and his administration accountable every chance we get, and pushing back against attempts to gut independent agencies. We’re not backing down in our fight to defend our federal government and protect the workers who make it run. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your tax deductible donation will go through immediately to ActBlue Charities Inc. and be disbursed to CREW within 30 days:
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