The Supreme Court's recent ruling allows the president to dismantle a Cabinet department by dismissing its employees, disregarding established constitutional constraints. This decision lacks a legal foundation and undermines the actions of two lower courts that previously imposed an injunction against the firings. Dissenting Justice Sonia Sotomayor emphasizes the judiciary's responsibility to check executive overreach, labeling the Court's decision as indefensible. The outcome represents a significant threat to the separation of powers and legal integrity, permitting the executive to effectively repeal statutory agencies through personnel changes.
When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary's duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it.
The majority is either willfully blind to the implications of its ruling or naive, but either way the threat to our Constitution's separation of powers is undeniable.
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