# Two recent Supreme Court decisions may have changed the rules for some of government's most independent institutions Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-federal-drive-with-terry-gerton-504783/two-recent-supreme-court-decisions-may-have-changed-the-rules-for-some-of-government-s-most-independent-institutions Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-federal-drive-with-terry-gerton-504783/two-recent-supreme-court-decisions-may-have-changed-the-rules-for-some-of-government-s-most-independent-institutions.md Podcast: [The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-federal-drive-with-terry-gerton-504783) Published: 2026-07-29T11:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://mgln.ai/e/345/rss.art19.com/episodes/82cef6f3-c203-437e-9304-650803affa1c.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Audio file: https://mgln.ai/e/345/rss.art19.com/episodes/82cef6f3-c203-437e-9304-650803affa1c.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-federal-drive-with-terry-gerton-504783/episodes/two-recent-supreme-court-decisions-may-have-changed-the-rules-for-some-of-government-s-most-independent-institutions Duration seconds: 712 ## Resource For decades, Congress has created boards, commissions and oversight bodies intended to operate with some distance from presidential control. Two recent Supreme Court decisions are providing new insight into how the Court views that balance and what it could mean for the people serving in those roles. Here to help us consider the implications is former FDIC Inspector General Jay Lerner. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-federal-drive-with-terry-gerton-504783/episodes/two-recent-supreme-court-decisions-may-have-changed-the-rules-for-some-of-government-s-most-independent-institutions/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-federal-drive-with-terry-gerton-504783/two-recent-supreme-court-decisions-may-have-changed-the-rules-for-some-of-government-s-most-independent-institutions.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.