The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday on President Trump's firing of a Democratic Federal Trade Commissioner in a case that could dramatically inflate the president's power to reshape the government.

The big picture: At stake is Humphrey's Executor, the 90-year-old precedent that protects independent agency heads from being fired at will. Ousted FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter warned that overturning it "would profoundly destabilize institutions" key to American governance.

Between the lines: The case arrives at the Supreme Court as the precedent hangs by a thread. • Over the past decade, the Supreme Court has weakened Humphrey's Executor, ruling in 2020 and 2021 that single-director agencies cannot shield their leaders from presidential removal. • This year, the court gree

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