Trump`s drive against watchdogs faces constitutional reckoning
(WorldNews Politics)

President Donald Trump`s campaign against the watchdogs monitoring his administration could soon get a huge boost from the Supreme Court. Trump`s drive to undermine inspectors general has outraged Democrats, who have offered a mountain of legislation to protect them from reprisal and removal. But there are deepening doubts about whether these efforts would survive constitutional scrutiny. And the high court could leave lawmakers powerless to combat Trump`s incursion against independent oversight, as it weighs a case that calls into question whether Congress can restrict the president from removing senior Executive Branch officials without cause. Interviews with a dozen constitutional...