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Neil Gorsuch: “Today, independent agencies do not just exercise executive law-enforcement powers.”

On the recordJune 30, 2026
Today, independent agencies do not just exercise executive law-enforcement powers.
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Neil Gorsuch
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reason.com
Jun 30, 2026

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Gorsuch's warning about executive power in a Supreme Court opinion.

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