AG Pam Bondi Rocks Washington Swamp By Her Last Move

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The Justice Department announced on Thursday that it has determined the removal restrictions placed on administrative law judges (ALJs) to be unconstitutional. This decision comes amid growing frustration within the Trump administration over judicial barriers to its executive actions.

In a letter addressed to President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley (R-IA), acting U.S. Solicitor General Sarah Harris stated that the Justice Department has concluded that the multiple layers of removal restrictions for ALJs violate the U.S. Constitution. As a result, the administration will no longer defend these restrictions in court.

Harris referenced a 2010 Supreme Court ruling, which found that granting executive officers “multilayer protection from removal” contradicts Article II’s vesting of executive power in the president. The Department of Justice further argued that federal laws limiting the dismissal of ALJs to cases of “good cause” also violate Article II, as they restrict the president’s ability to remove principal and inferior executive officers.

Administrative law judges, who oversee laws and regulations in areas such as banking, antitrust, immigration, and interstate commerce, differ from Article III federal judges, whose roles are explicitly recognized by the Constitution. Recent Supreme Court rulings have reinforced limits on federal agencies’ regulatory authority, including a decision that declared the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) use of in-house ALJs unconstitutional.

The government is attempting to challenge “unelected and constitutionally unaccountable” ALJs, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi’s chief of staff Chad Mizelle, who shared the letter on X and informed The New York Times. In order to guarantee that representatives of the executive branch answer to the president and the people, he said, the department is reestablishing constitutional accountability. ALJs were also chastised by Mizelle for using their “immense power for far too long.”

Meanwhile, Bondi made waves in Washington on Friday by announcing that she has possession of Jeffrey Epstein’s client list. Epstein, infamous for human trafficking of minors while associating with high-profile individuals in Hollywood and Washington, died in prison under circumstances officially listed as suicide. Since then, speculation has surrounded the secret client list. Bondi revealed on Fox News’ “America Reports” that she has the documents on her desk for review, stating that the release of this information is a directive from President Trump.

Additionally, Bondi disclosed that she is reviewing files related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as part of a broader directive from Trump. During an interview at the Conservative Political Action Conference last week, Bondi reiterated that Trump has given a “very strong directive” regarding these matters and will be followed.

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