White House counsel praises Supreme Court ruling on presidential firing power

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White House counsel Will Scharf praised the Supreme Court’s June decision in Trump v. Slaughter as a generational win, speaking at the Federalist Society’s National Lawyers Convention in Washington on Thursday. Reports say he called the ruling a correction of a historic constitutional wrong. The 6-3 decision upheld Trump’s firing of Democratic Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter and overturned Humphrey’s Executor, a 1935 precedent that had shielded FTC commissioners from removal except for cause. Solicitor General John Sauer, who argued the case, also praised the ruling. Scharf said a president who cannot control executive officials would have a ‘cabined presidency’.

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White House counsel Will Scharf called the Supreme Court’s June ruling in Trump v. Slaughter a generational win on Thursday.
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The Hill
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Washington Examiner, The Center Square
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in June that Trump could fire FTC member Rebecca Slaughter, overturning the 1935 Humphrey’s Executor precedent.
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Washington Examiner, The Center Square
Scharf said a president who cannot control executive officials would have a ‘cabined presidency’.
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Solicitor General John Sauer, who argued the case, also praised the decision.
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All three outlets report that White House counsel Will Scharf praised the Supreme Court’s June ruling in Trump v. Slaughter at a Federalist Society event. The right-rated outlets stress executive power over federal boards, while The Hill centers Scharf’s ‘generational win’ wording and argument on presidential control.

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The Hill’s headline puts a direct quote from Scharf, calling the ruling a generational win, at the front and frames the event as a White House official’s praise.
White House counsel says Supreme Court delivered 'Partisan shorthand“generational win”The phrase is Scharf’s own characterization of the ruling and is presented in the headline as a judgement of its importance.More neutral: praise for the rulingThese are Will Scharf’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?' on presidential firing power
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Right-side headlines foreground Scharf’s praise and the expansion of executive power over federal boards, with one headline built around the ‘generational’ label.
White House praises executive expansion from Supreme Court
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hailedMore neutral: praised
Hailed is more emphatic than the neutral report that the counsel praised the decision.
(The Center Square) — Legal counsel at the White House hailed the U.S.
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generational winMore neutral: praise for the ruling
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White House counsel says Supreme Court delivered 'generational win' on presidential firing power
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historic constitutional wrongMore neutral: his view that the ruling corrected prior precedent
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…victory he is proudest of helping secure, calling it the correction of a “historic constitutional wrong.” Speaking at the Federalist Society’s annual National Lawyers Convention…
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Presidential firing power
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White House counsel says Supreme Court delivered 'Partisan shorthand“generational win”The phrase is Scharf’s own characterization of the ruling and is presented in the headline as a judgement of its importance.More neutral: praise for the rulingThese are Will Scharf’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?' on presidential firing power
White House counsel Will Scharf praised the Supreme Court's June decision strengthening presidential firing power as a "generational win," saying Thursday it righted what he viewed as a "historic constitutional wrong. …
20 hr agoRead at The Hill (opens in a new tab)

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Scharf’s praise for the ruling
Expansion of executive power over federal boards
Sauer’s endorsement of the decision

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Washington ExaminerRight
Trump’s White House counsel reveals which ‘generational’ Supreme Court victory makes him proudest
White House counsel Will Scharf on Thursday singled out a landmark Supreme Court ruling expanding President Donald Trump’s authority over independent federal agencies as the judicial victory he is proudest of helping secure, calling it the correction of a “historic …
17 hr agoRead at Washington Examiner (opens in a new tab)
The Center SquareRight
White House praises executive expansion from Supreme Court
(The Center Square) — Legal counsel at the White House Loaded verb“hailed”Hailed is more emphatic than the neutral report that the counsel praised the decision.More neutral: praisedDisagree with this highlight? the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold executive power over federal boards on Thursday.
20 hr agoRead at The Center Square (opens in a new tab)

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The Hill, Nov 12, 12:30 PM EST
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