US EditionThe Supreme Court weighs another step in favor of broad presidential power sought by Trump
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments challenging a 90-year-old precedent limiting presidential removal power over independent agencies, potentially expanding executive control, experts say.
- On Dec. 8, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Trump v. Slaughter, testing President Donald Trump's view of presidential authority.
- Under the unitary executive theory, conservatives argue presidents must control and remove independent agency members, but Congress created these politically balanced boards with fixed terms, conflicting with that view.
- In March, Trump fired Federal Trade Commission commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, while lower courts, citing Humphrey's Executor, limit removals to wrongdoing, sparking legal challenges.
- The court will hear separate January arguments about whether a fired Federal Reserve governor can remain, and Justice Neil Gorsuch says fired employees likely get back pay but not reinstatement, while Chief Justice John Roberts leads the conservative majority toward expanding presidential removal power.
- A ruling that narrows Humphrey's Executor would redefine how dozens of federal agencies operate, including the Federal Reserve and agencies enforcing campaign finance, labor, consumer protection and broadcasting, while critics warn it would strengthen the administrative state.
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Fate of Fed’s Cook Tied to Supreme Court Case on Trump Firings
A US Supreme Court argument Monday is likely to provide clues about the fate of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, whom President Donald Trump has tried to fire in his push for more control over the central bank.
Supreme Court to hear case on presidential power over independent agencies
The Supreme Court will review a case challenging a 90-year-old precedent that prevents presidents from firing heads of independent agencies without cause, potentially expanding the scope of President Donald Trump's power.
The Times of Northwest Indiana
News & RecordPresidential power expansion weighed
WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts led the Supreme Court 's conservative majority on a steady march of increasing the power of the presidency, starting well before Donald Trump's time in the White House.
Echoes of a 1930s Supreme Court Battle
“A new president with a bold agenda, determined to exert control over government agencies to carry it out. An agency head who refused to quit, rejecting the president’s demand that he resign and insisting Congress had protected his job to keep it independent from politics,” the New York Times reports. “Long before President Trump declared he had the power to fire independent agency leaders, the United States experienced a nearly identical test o…
Beatrice Daily Sun
Justices weigh another step in expanding presidential power
WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts led the Supreme Court's conservative majority on a steady march of increasing the power of the presidency, starting well before Donald Trump's time in the White House.
US Supreme Court considers another step in favour of presidential powers sought by Trump
The US Supreme Court is weighing a landmark case that could overturn a 90-year-old precedent on presidential removal powers, further expanding executive authority amid deepening debates over the unitary executive theory.
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