Supreme Court to Hear Case that Could Vastly Expand Presidential Powers

Supreme Court to hear case that could vastly expand presidential powers

The Supreme Court hears arguments in a case about President Trump's firing of a Federal Trade Commissioner. At stake is a 90-year precedent limiting the president's power over independent agencies.

Supreme Court Set to Consider Trump’s Power to Remove High-Level Bureaucrats

For months, federal judges have been ordering President Donald Trump to reinstate heads of agencies despite his interest in removing them. Their decisions have been based on a 90-year-old Supreme Court precedent, known as Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, that says Congress can limit the reasons for which presidents remove officials like members of labor boards. However, that precedent and various legal blocks on Trump’s firings could be rem…

Supreme Court to Weigh Trump's Firing of FTC Member in Test of Presidential Power