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Presidential Power and Independent Agency Autonomy: The 2025 NCUA Board Removal Case
I. Legal and Constitutional Framework
- A Constitutional Showdown Begins
- From "At Pleasure" to Independence: The 1978 Restructuring
- The Humphrey's Executor Precedent: Protecting Independent Agencies
- Unitary Executive vs. Congressional Design
- The Narrowing Path of Agency Independence
- Swan v. Clinton: The Precedent That Wasn't Quite
- 50 Years of Respect for Fixed Terms
II. The NCUA's Specific Structure and Functions
- The Removed Regulators: Harper and Otsuka
- The NCUA: A Core Financial Regulator
- Executive Function or Independent Regulation?
- The NCUSIF: Owned by Credit Unions, Not Government
- The Central Liquidity Facility: A Link to Treasury
- Operating Without a Quorum
- Financial Stability at Stake
III. Litigation Strategy and Broader Implications
- Six Legal Theories for Victory
- David vs. Goliath: The Legal Team
- The Long Road to the Supreme Court
- Beyond NCUA: Implications for the Administrative State
