NLRB is a very important agency that I have known others to personally utilize because abuses of labor laws in the private sector, particularly poorly paid labor, is fairly common. These workers may face unfair treatment or wage theft, and the reason companies do it is because workers have very few genuine avenues of recourse. The NLRB is one of those few avenues of recourse.

Yes. And the current precedent is very clear that these independent agencies are constitutional.

The current court has not, yet, overturned that precedent. There is lots of reason to believe they will, in an extremely contentious ruling. But for now they haven’t.

We are going to find out one way or another though because this admin is pushing hard up against the question.

Of course it’s also pushing hard up on the question of if the courts can constrain it at all so the grade school understanding of separation of powers is real.

> Yes. They are either in the legislative, executive, or judicial branch.

That’s not what independent means here.

Most independent agencies are part of the executive branch (some are part of the legislative and judiciary but they are the exception).

They are independent because congress gave the president limited power in their ability to dismiss the agency head and its members. These agencies have some regulatory authority which Congress has vested them on purpose.

You might argue under the unitary executive theory of law that these agencies are actually under the control of the president and the current Supreme Court (for what it’s worth) might even agree with you.

I might argue that it’s a complete travestissement of the constitution spirit and intent pushed forward by people who wish to dismantle the American republic and replace it by an authoritarian regime. But that’s on me.

> Still spreading the Russian asset conspiracy theory?

If something smells like shit everywhere you go, it's not a conspiracy to suggest checking the bottom of your shoe.

The Congress can make laws. That's like ... their whole thing.

This is still authoritarian bullshit. Your argument is that you think independent agencies are a bad idea, and therefore it's a-okay for Trump to simply ignore 80 years of law and Supreme Court rulings.

More generally, nobody in the executive branch serves any master. They serve the law and are legally obligated to refuse and report illegal orders. The idea that they serve Master Donald Trump (or Vizier Elon Musk), and that illegal orders must be enforced because it is Trump's will, is precisely why Kilmar Abrego Garcia was illegally deported and why Trump is musing about doing the same thing to US citizens.