US President Donald Trump celebrated what he described as a "Historic and Unprecedented" victory after the US Supreme Court handed him a major win by upholding his authority to remove the heads of most independent federal agencies.

The court overturned a 90-year-old precedent that previously shielded members of independent boards from political interference

The decision will likely affect multimember agencies such as NLRB and EEOC, where former Democratic officials were similarly dismissed last year, attorneys told HR Dive.