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  1. The Sinking Fund Commission has come up several times. Historians & legal scholars regard it as the nation’s first #independent agency. Created in 1790 by the first #Congress, the 5-member commission approved payments to settle America’s Revolutionary War debts.

    The commission’s structure was proposed by #AlexanderHamilton, who saw it as a way to insulate members from #political pressures.

    #law #HumphreysExecutor #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #Trump #Autocracy #power #SeparationOfPowers 🧵