A nearly century-old Supreme Court ruling is at the center of a high-stakes legal battle between President Donald Trump and his political opponents that could redefine the power of the presidency.
As Trump pushes to expand executive authority, his administration has set its sights on overturning Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, a 1935 decision that limits a president’s ability to fire top officials at independent agencies.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts, center left, and Justice Elena Kagan, center right, clap before President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)
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“Humphrey’s Executor is important because it essentially unleashed the modern administrative state,” John Shu, a constitutional law scholar and expert
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