Great point here from Commissioner Slaughter. The usual way of thinking about settlement breaks down when core institutional values are at stake.
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![This misleading treatment extends to early American presidents, whom Roberts portrays, to a man, as adherents of the Unitary Executive Theory. Jefferson and Adams, Roberts writes, both agreed with Washington that it was their “‘indispensable duty’” to remove officers who—in Roberts’ words, not Washington’s—“failed to live up to [their] expectations.” Why might Roberts have chosen to substitute his own words for those of our first chief executive? Perhaps because what Washington actually wrote was that removal of an officer was an “indispensable duty” when that officer “is f[oun]d incompetent, remiss in his duty, or pursuing wrong courses”—a list strikingly similar to the “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office” for which President Trump was permitted, under the terms of the Federal Trade Commission Act, to remove Rebecca Slaughter. In fact, as Joseph Story explained nearly two hundred years ago, the few removals Washington made were for cause, a model of “moderation and forbearance” that was followed up until Andrew Jackson’s presidency.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ata7hvtdry3oi7b2yaqmbwz4/bafkreicpqylqgjqslghn2p522z2x5v2iqylyqzp3tjyvt2hr6bgpy75aee)
![In 2023, Weiss publicly criticized and singled out Palestinian professor and poet Refaat Alareer for an internet post[77] in which he ridiculed a debunked claim that a baby was burned in an oven in the October 7 attacks.[78] Alareer subsequently received rape and death threats from some of Weiss's online followers.[77] The IDF later killed Alareer and six members of his family in a targeted airstrike.[79][80]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ata7hvtdry3oi7b2yaqmbwz4/bafkreiajuc5ykftwvl3aeh5ip7jwgmuk5phsyn4vqcgrw6cx7bgyb4za3y)
![It was, in the words of Justice Kennedy, the genius of the Founding Fathers to "split the atom of sovereignty." U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779, 838, 115 S.Ct. 1842, 131 L.Ed.2d 881 (1995) (Kennedy, J., concurring). What this means in practical terms is that, within the territory of every state, two sovereigns-the state government and the federal government-reign cheek to jowl. From the dawn of the Republic, this unusual arrangement has led to a fair degree of conflict, as the actions of one sovereign have encroached on the prerogatives of the other. See, e.g., McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 316, 4 L.Ed. 579 (1819). This conflict reflects, not the defects of the system, but its virtues, because the beneficiaries of these competing sovereignties are the citizens of the United States. As Alexander Hamilton foresaw:
Power being almost always the rival of power, the general government will at times stand ready to check the usurpations of the state governments, and these will have the same disposition towards the general government.... If [the people's] rights are invaded by either, they can make use of the other as the instrument of redress.
The Federalist No. 28, at 181 (Alexander Hamilton) (C. Rossiter ed., 1961).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ata7hvtdry3oi7b2yaqmbwz4/bafkreietxneo7fm5pwhu4dqbnp4ipj35rpsjzfqhgpr76hxud464rlj5p4)
![Despite the U.S. government's official position, the view of American officials on the conflict was geared towards simply preventing an Iranian victory rather than being enthusiastically supportive of Iraq's ambitions, as encapsulated in a remark by American diplomat Henry Kissinger that "It's a pity they both can't lose."[10][11]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ata7hvtdry3oi7b2yaqmbwz4/bafkreia4zqgecsfiwux2xmzpvx2uurqm5ifp5dn3wcl63vo7uar7tnfave)
