NINOMANIA
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:: Monday, June 28, 2010 ::
WHOA!! Separation-of-powers geeks -- and that should be all Americans, especially those who like to call themselves constitutionalists and go to rallies where there are George Washington impersonators -- rejoice!
In Free Enterprise Fund v. PCOAB, the Court has actually found that a set of federal bureaucrats are "inferior officers" within the meaning of the Appointments Clause, and that the Constitution prohibits giving them protected tenure in office! Only getting the first reports now, but this sounds like the first setback for the Humphrey's Executor outrage since it was handed down in 1935! And all the right people -- that is, the left people -- are dissenting!
Regent 1Ls: this will totally be in my Con Law I course next spring!
:: David M. Wagner 10:52 AM [+] ::
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In Free Enterprise Fund v. PCOAB, the Court has actually found that a set of federal bureaucrats are "inferior officers" within the meaning of the Appointments Clause, and that the Constitution prohibits giving them protected tenure in office! Only getting the first reports now, but this sounds like the first setback for the Humphrey's Executor outrage since it was handed down in 1935! And all the right people -- that is, the left people -- are dissenting!
Regent 1Ls: this will totally be in my Con Law I course next spring!
:: David M. Wagner 10:52 AM [+] ::
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