New York Times uses inflammatory headlines describing some of today's SCOTUS results.
'In one blurb', the NYT said:
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"Live Updates: Supreme CourtExpandsPresidential Power Over Regulators, but Not the Fed
"In twin rulings, the justices said President Trump could fire independent regulators for any reason but explicitly affirmed the Fed’s independence and said its leaders could not be fired at will."
=The deliberate use of the word "expands" to describe how existing law is to be applied (and how the lower courts have improperly applied it), is purposeful and deceitful. Not that when the NYT got the interpretation they preferred on the other of the "twin" rulings, they used the word "affirmed," not "constricted" or "restricted" as would have appropriated if they were using the same inflammatory language in both directions. The Supreme Court's job is to apply existing law, not expand or restrict it or create law out of thin air. They are not perfect, but the NYT is imperfect in its reporting and headlines consistently and unapologetically.
Similarly, in the second blurb, the NYT again said:
"Here’s the latest on the rulings.
"The Supreme Courtexpanded presidential poweron Mondayby affirming President Trump’s ability to fire most independent regulators, though the justices explicitly affirmed the Federal Reserve’s independence and said its leaders could not be dismissed at will.
"The court’s 6-to-3 ruling to broadly allow the firing of federal regulators, with the three liberal justices dissenting, isa significant shift in power from Congress to the presidentthat could usher in adrastic change to the government’s structure by giving the president more direct control over independent agencies."
Again, how is "affirming" (the correct word used here), also "expand[ing]"? Both were used in the same sentence by the failing NYT. If true to its mandate, SCOTUS only has the power to enforce existing law, not to create new law.
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Sauce: Both snapshots are from https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/29/us/trump-supreme-court-presidential-power