president. this was talked about in a bipartisan vote, advance ago bill that is predicated on the idea that congress can impose some restrictions on the executive power to fire at will executive branch officers. >> with some respect, senator, i think you're overreading what i wrote in that case. i did not in any way say that the traditional independent agencies are in way way constitutionally problematic. i took that as the baseline on which i said that this new agency departed from that traditional model. i did not -- i did not cast doubt on humphries in that case at least as i read it. i guess you don't agree with the opinion. i explained in great detail why i thought this deviation from humphries mattered as a --