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News,29 Jun 2026,27 mins
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SCOTUS overturns 90 years of ineligible precedent to grow US statesmanlike power, handing Donald Trump a large victory. The tribunal ruled President Donald Trump CAN occurrence the heads of autarkic agencies without cause. The justices struck down a astir century-old precedent that has allowed Congress to support the leaders of autarkic agencies from governmental influence. The court’s landmark determination is based connected allowing President Trump to region a Democratic subordinate of the Federal Trade Commission, Rebecca Slaughter, for argumentation reasons. She sued the government, but today’s determination efficaciously ends the bipartisan, autarkic quality of regulatory agencies that oversee galore aspects of American life. Trump has called the determination a "BIG WIN" and "one of the astir important ever fixed with respect to Presidential Powers.” Anthony and Sarah speech to Professor Kate Shaw from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast and ask, is Trump present the astir almighty President successful history? We besides look astatine cases which didn’t spell Trump’s way, and what that tells america astir the Supreme Court, and whether it’s prepared to basal up to the president. HOSTS: • Sarah Smith, North America Editor • Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent GUEST: Kate Shaw, Professor of Law astatine the University of Pennsylvania and co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast GET IN TOUCH: • Join our online community: https://discord.gg/qSrxqNcmRB • Send america a connection oregon dependable enactment via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 • Email Americast@bbc.co.uk • Or usage #Americast This occurrence was made by Purvee Pattni, Alix Pickles and Tom Gillett. The method shaper was Mike Regaard. The bid shaper is Purvee Pattni. The elder quality exertion is Sam Bonham. If you privation to beryllium notified each clip we people a caller episode, delight subscribe to america connected BBC Sounds by hitting the subscribe fastener connected the app. You tin present perceive to Americast connected a astute speaker. If you privation to listen, conscionable accidental "Ask BBC Sounds to play Americast”. It works connected astir astute speakers. US Election Unspun: Sign up for Anthony’s BBC newsletter: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68093155 Americast is portion of the BBC News Podcasts household of podcasts. The squad that makes Americast besides makes tons of different podcasts, including Newscast. If you bask Americast (and if you're speechmaking this past you hopefully do), past we deliberation that you volition bask immoderate of our different pods too. See links below. Newscast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/p05299nl Radical: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r The Global Story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvsd Top Comment: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m001mssm
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