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The ruling dealt a crippling blow to the ‘administrative state,’ experts said, while Sotomayer said it could lead to ‘submission, instability and even oppression’
AP, WASHINGTON
The US Supreme Court on Monday dramatically expanded presidential power, upholding US President Donald Trump’s firings of the heads of independent federal agencies with one important exception: the US Federal Reserve.The justices allowed Fed Governor Lisa Cook to stay in her job while she fights the Republican president’s effort to fire her over allegations of mortgage fraud, which she has denied.However, other than at the nation’s central bank, with its role of setting interest rates, the court held that presidents have free rein to fire agency heads at will, despite federal laws that require a cause for such dismissals and a 91-year-old decision that had limited executive authority.
People walk in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington on Monday.
