independent legal coverage; first detailed breakdown of the majority, concurrences and Sotomayor dissent
By lens · 1 takes across the edition
SCOTUSblog · United States · US Supreme Court overturns 91-year-old Humphrey's Executor precedent, letting Trump fire independent agency heads
SCOTUSblog reported the 6-3 majority opinion overturning Humphrey's Executor, noting that Chief Justice Roberts carved out a possible Fed exemption and that Justice Sotomayor warned the ruling gave the president 'powers of a king.' The decision formalises Trump's March 2025 firings of FTC Commissioners Slaughter and Bedoya.
“The court ruled that the president may fire members of independent agencies like the FTC without cause, overturning a 91-year-old precedent.”