Jurisprudence
June 30, 20265:45 AM
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On Monday morning, the Supreme Court overruled Humphrey’s Executor, the 1935 decision that for more than 90 years let Congress shield the heads of independent agencies from being fired at a president’s whim. The vote was 6–3. In a companion case handed down the same hour, the court spared the Federal Reserve, the one exception it had long flagged, and let board member Lisa Cook keep her seat by a 5–4 vote.
