Cass R. Sunstein, Columnist

Trump White House Seeks New Power Over Agencies

The Fed, FTC and other “independent” agencies face more scrutiny of their rule-making.

April 23, 2019 at 3:25 PM UTC

Cass R. Sunstein is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is the author of “The Cost-Benefit Revolution” and a co-author of “Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness.”

Change is coming to the SEC and other independent agencies.
Photographer: Zach Gibson/Bloomberg

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One of the great unresolved questions in American law is whether the president can control the decisions of the “independent” agencies, like the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Trade Commission.

The Donald Trump administration has just moved in the direction of saying that the answer is yes.