BREAKING: Sotomayor TORCHES Trump’s DOJ — “You’re Asking Us to Destroy the Structure of Government!”
In a jaw-dropping Supreme Court showdown, Justice Sonia Sotomayor lit up Donald Trump’s Department of Justice for pushing a radical power grab that would bulldoze nearly a century of constitutional precedent — all so Trump can fire anyone, anywhere, anytime, for any reason.
During arguments over Trump’s attempt to oust Democratic Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, Solicitor General John Sauer asked the Court to overturn Humphrey’s Executor, a 90-year cornerstone of modern government that limits the president’s ability to purge independent agencies and turn them into personal loyalty squads.
Sotomayor wasn’t having it.
She pressed Sauer on why the Court should detonate a century of constitutional structure just because Trump wants unlimited firing power — something not even the British monarchy had at the founding.
“Aren’t you asking us to destroy the structure of government?” she shot back, slicing straight through the DOJ’s arguments. “Independent agencies have been around since the founding.”
Sauer flailed, insisting Congress had gone too far in insulating agencies from “democratic control.” But Sotomayor shut him down again: Trump’s DOJ still couldn’t name a single case where the Court had ripped up 100 years of precedent and re-engineered the basic machinery of American government.
Let’s be clear: Trump’s DOJ is trying to erase independence from independent agencies — giving the president total control over regulators, watchdogs, and anyone who might stand in the way of his corruption, cronyism, or revenge politics. It’s the dream scenario for a wannabe autocrat.
But Sotomayor saw right through it — and said the quiet part out loud.
The Trump administration isn’t asking for a legal correction. They’re asking for a constitutional demolition.
And this time, someone on the bench called their bluff.
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