The Supreme Court overturned a 90-year-old decision that allowed Congress to shield members of certain independent agencies from being fired by the president at will.

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that removal protections for members of the Federal Trade Commission are unconstitutional and overturned a 90-year-old decision that allowed Congress to shield members of certain independent agencies from being fired by the president at will.

The decision from the high court expands the president’s power over many independent boards and commissions, which Congress had insulated from political pressure by saying their members could only be removed by the president for cause.

      • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        20 hours ago

        CBS is owned by David Ellison, Larry Ellison’s son, and they have been systematically purging anything remotely critical of Trump or conservatism/Nazi ideology from the network. They are not to be relied upon or trusted as a news source and should be categorized right next to Fox News.

      • Zedstrian@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        16 hours ago

        While CBS isn’t as much of a propaganda mill as Fox News or Newsmax yet, there’s a few reasons why a source such as NPR, BBC, ABC, NBC, or Reuters is preferable whenever possible:

        • In 2024, Paramount (the owner of CBS) announced its intention to merge with Skydance, a media company majority-owned by David and Larry Ellison, right-wing Trump supporters.

        • After the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Trump sued Paramount, claiming that the 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris intentionally cast her in a favorable light with the goal of influencing the election (despite it being no different to how they had edited candidate interviews for prior elections). To ensure the merger would be approved under the second Trump administration, Paramount paid Trump $16 million. When Steven Colbert called out the settlement as being a bribe on his show, CBS cancelled The Colbert Report The Late Show in retaliation.

        • In October 2025, Paramount Skydance bought the newsletter of right-wing journalist Bari Weiss for $150 million as a talent acquisition, installing her as the new editor-in-chief of CBS News with the goal of making CBS more right-wing.

        • In December, she delayed the release of a 60 Minutes episode about the mega prison in El Salvador for the purpose of adding more pro-Trump content to it. She has also pushed for content at the network to be more “balanced” by including more pro-government content, such as by asking for the 60 Minutes episode on the Minnesota ICE raids to contain more depictions of protestor violence. Additional details on her tenure at the network are listed with sources in her Wikipedia article.

        When also accounting for firings at CBS of journalists not willing to adjust their reporting, it’s a clear sign that the network’s output is being deliberately manipulated to expand right-wing influence. As Paramount Skydance is about to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN will also be at risk of reporting interference in favor of Trump.