Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates September 2026 No. 6 Vol. 29
U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) et al., Amici Curiae

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U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) et al., Amici Curiae

Raskin and Booker are joined in this brief by 205 other members of Congress. The following is excerpted from the Amici Curiae Brief for Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 14, 2025. Throughout our nation’s history, Congress has created dozens of federal agencies, such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), run by bipartisan multimember boards whose members serve staggered terms and can be removed by the president only for cause. These are conventionally referred to as “independent” agencies. These agencies have been created by Congress on a bipartisan basis, regardless of which party was in the…

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