324 Battle of Adrianople: Roman Emperor Constantine I defeats his co-emperor Licinius, who flees to Byzantium
1449 James II of Scotland (18 ) marries Mary of Guelders (15) at Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh
1608 Samuel de Champlain founded the city of Quebec, the first permanent European base in Canada. Its splendid views and unique character were noted as early as 1842 during a visit by Charles Dickens, who called Quebec the “Gibraltar of North America.”
1775 George Washington officially assumed command of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, several weeks after being appointed to the post
1856 The U.S. House of Representatives voted to admit Kansas to statehood under the antislavery resolution known as the Topeka Constitution, despite the opposition of the Senate and President Franklin Pierce
1863 Battle of Gettysburg, the largest battle ever fought on the American continent, ends in a major victory for the Union during the US Civil War
1922 Intergovernmental Conference on Identity Certificates for Russian Refugees, convened by Fridtjof Nansen (Norwegian) in Geneva, creates the Nansen passports for stateless persons
1928 John Logie Baird demonstrates the first color television transmission in London
1976 An Israeli commando squad, led by Dan Shomron, launched a rescue of hostages held by airplane hijackers in Entebbe, Uganda
1985 The comedy Back to the Future, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, was released in American theaters; a huge hit, it was followed by several sequels
1988 The USS Vincennes shot down an Iranian airliner over the Strait of Hormuz, killing all 290 people on board; the passenger plane, which was in Iranian airspace, had been incorrectly identified as a fighter jet
1996 UK House of Commons announces that the Stone of Scone, aka the Stone of Destiny, used in the coronation of Scottish and subsequently English and British monarchs, will be returned to Scotland after 700 years in Westminster Abbey
2013 Following massive demonstrations against his rule, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was removed from office by a military action
The Battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863) was fought in the American Civil War between the Union and Confederate armies in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle, won by the Union, is widely considered the Civil War's turning point, leading to an ultimate victory of the Union and the preservation of the nation. (Wikipedia)
On June 29, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued a landmark 6–3 decision in Trump v. Slaughter, holding that the President possesses the constitutional authority to remove members of the Federal Trade Commission without being constrained by statutory "for cause" removal protections. In doing so, the Court substantially overturned the longstanding precedent established by Humphrey's Executor v. United States (1935), which had limited presidential removal power over certain independent executive officials for nearly a century.
The decision significantly strengthens presidential control over the executive branch by reaffirming that officers who exercise executive power remain ultimately accountable to the President, who is himself accountable to the American people through elections. The ruling marks one of the most consequential separation-of-powers decisions in decades and is expected to reshape the constitutional relationship between the presidency and independent federal agencies for years to come.
The Supreme Court just gutted one of the load bearing walls of the deep state, voting 6 to 3 to let Trump fire thousands of independent bureaucrats who effectively run the country with minimal oversight from the people voters actually elect to run the country.
Could we see the day when voters actually get to decide what happens to them.
Last week the Supreme Court decided the long-anticipated Trump v Slaughter case, which revisits a 90 year precedent called Humphrey’s Executor that insulated independent agencies from dismissal by the president.
This matters because independent agencies control some of the most important policy levers in the federal government, including the FTC that was at issue in Slaughter, which can block corporate mergers.
The SEC, CFTC, and FDIC, which control financial markets and banking insurance. The FCC who controls free speech. FEC for elections. NLRB forunions. FERC for energy markets. EEOC for affirmative action. And USITC that controls much of trade policy.
That’s a substantial part of the federal government, all outside the control of the President. Meaning outside the control of voters, whose only influence is the president and Congress they elect. But with the Filibuster paralyzing Congress that boils down to only the President.
Slaughter put the ball back in voters hands.
The Progressive Deep State
So the background is socialist Progressives waged a century long jihad to take the government away from voters and turn it into a self-licking ice-cream cone that serves the Progressive revolution.
The landmark moment was the 1883 Pendleton Act that established an independent bureaucracy insulated from political -- hence voter -- control. The excuse was to fight corruption -- which of course is as strong as ever. And the result was voters became spectators while federal workers became an occupying army.
The Deep State was born.
And that Deep State consolidated into so-called independent boards starting with the Interstae Commerce Commission in 1887 that unconstitutionally regulated business, then took off in FDR’s socialist New Deal, with dozens of agencies created to rule the country without voters.
By 1946 this occupying army won the right to effectively write law in the Administraive Procedure Act, then wrangled itself near-immunity from being fired in the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act.
Bringing us to today, where almost 90% of laws are written by bureaucrats, not by elected policians. And, until last week, there’s nothing you can do about it.
Giving Power Back to Voters
Slaughter now joins a parade of recent decisions turning the tide, including Seila, Collins, and Loper Bright that give Presidents more control over bureaucrats while giving Congress a bigger role in actually writing the laws that, according to the Constitution, they alone are supposed to write.
But there’s miles to go: On the very same day the Court stayed Trump’s firing of Fed member Lisa Cook -- allegedly on a technicality but possibly revealing a reluctance to let elected presidents control the unconstitutional Federal Reserve that all but controls the economy.
Meanwhile, while Loper and now Slaugter dramaically reshuffle the cards, federal rulemaking, court deference, and federal worker protections remain stubborn and will need multiple decisions to root out.
What’s Next
In the near term Trump can purge independent agencies so they stop sabotaging his agenda, while agencies like FTC and SEC are likely to pull back on major regulatory pushes to keep their heads down.
But zooming out we could see major reductions in the regulatory tax on the economy that studies imply could double or quadruple wages -- Starbucks and dog-walkers would be making six figures.
And assuming the firing of Fed member Lisa Cook firing is refiled with the technicalities fixed, we could even see a Federal Reserve that actually answers to the people it’s abused for 113 years and counting.
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