Obama administration actually fighting to avoid increasing its own power (in one aspect). Really?

"Sarbanes-Oxley: The [Supreme] court could decide the validity of a part of the Sarbanes-Oxley anti-fraud law, enacted as Congress' response to the wave of corporate scandals that started with energy giant Enron's collapse. The court is considering whether the board established to oversee the accounting industry by the 2002 law violates the constitutionally mandated separation of powers between the branches of government. One irony of the case is that pro-business conservatives who are mounting the legal challenge are arguing that President Barack Obama should have more power to control the makeup of the board, while his administration is defending the law."-Mark Sherman • The Associated Press • October 2, 2009 http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091002/EDIT03/910020382/1019/EDIT/Cases+coming+before+the+court

This is definitely an oddity for almost any administration, and so far as I can tell, the only attempt the Obama administration has made so far in this respect. More details will follow as I have them.

I tend to favor a weak executive branch, but I as yet know few of the details of this law or this case. I can't comment further.