Brett M. Kavanaugh

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11,273 appearances 217 recordings 1 series first heard Oct 2022 last heard 29 Apr

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Supreme Court of the United States · Trump, President of United States v. Slaughter (25-332) · 8 Dec 2025 court

powers uh as well, but so do the traditional cabinet agencies do all of that too, or at least most of them do. podcast-host

So I'm not sure that helps you distinguish the independent agencies from the traditional executive agencies on the earlier questions. podcast-host

But I'll just leave that. podcast-host

You said you uh agree with I think you said you agree with all the courts precedents. podcast-host

That includes everything in Myers. podcast-host

Do you agree with the opinion in Myers? podcast-host

On the text of Article two, um we haven't talked a lot about uh the theory by which you get podcast-host

to the other side's position from the text. podcast-host

The first fifteen words, the executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States of America. podcast-host

For the President to exercise that power he needs subordinates. podcast-host

For him to uh and he needs to be able to supervise and direct the subordinates and to supervise and direct he must be able to remove those officers at will. podcast-host

This is the theory. podcast-host

Otherwise, and I this is what I want to get your answer to, otherwise a subordinate could ignore the President's supervision and direction without fear and the President could do nothing about it. podcast-host

You agree that's the implication of your theory, correct? podcast-host

But generally if the President says I uh wish you'd prefer uh podcast-host

uh pursue a more aggressive enforcement policy and the head of the agency says, I am not going to do that. podcast-host

There's nothing the President can do about that, right? podcast-host

uh in a particular way that does a particular thing because I think as President it would be better for the American people and the agency head says, I disagree with that, I'm not going to do that. podcast-host

You agree that that's okay under your theory? podcast-host

That podcast-host

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