Kash Patel's termination of career FBI agents was a politically motivated purge

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Central banks should be independent of elected governments

Congress should expand the Supreme Court beyond nine justices

Frontier AI systems should require government approval before release

The Supreme Court operates as a political institution rather than an independent judiciary

Universities should stay officially neutral on political and social controversies

Federal judges should stay out of public political fights

Judges who publicly accuse the Department of Homeland Security of lawlessness should recuse from cases involving the agency

The Justice Department should not be able to seek discipline against judges it is fighting in court

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The FBI deputy director position should be reserved for career officials

The FBI's dual-leadership co-deputy structure is an effective management model

Justice Alito's indirect fossil fuel investments created a disqualifying conflict of interest in the Suncor case

Kash Patel's leadership of the FBI is politicizing the bureau

Kennedy Center leadership mismanaged federal funds by delaying building repairs

AI developers should face mandatory independent safety audits

The removal of the two FBI counterterrorism agents was justified

The FBI Washington Field Office reassigned the agents independently of political pressure

Kash Patel's personnel changes at the FBI are politically motivated