The Trump v Slaughter decision allows the president further influence over agencies Congress itself created

The conservative justices overturned 90 years of precedent to allow the president to fire almost any executive branch official for any reason at all.

Case focused on White House’s March 2025 firing of Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court struck down a 91-year-old precedent that has prevented presidents from removing members of independent agencies meant to be a check on his…

In a landmark decision Monday, the Supreme Court overruled a decision that will give the President vastly more control over federal agencies.

The Republican justices just won a four-decade war against “independent” federal agencies.

“Today’s decision in Trump v. Slaughter takes a wrecking ball to a 90-year pillar of American law," said House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin.

The Trump v Slaughter decision allows the president further influence over agencies Congress itself created

Congress spent decades protecting agencies but the Supreme Court dismantled it in one decision

The people voted for a candidate with specific views on how agencies should operate. The Trump v. Slaughter ruling means those views can be implemented.

The Supreme Court knew one of its new rulings could endanger democracy — and did it anyway.