The Trump administration’s effort to broaden presidential authority over independent federal agencies is heading to a receptive Supreme Court that could strike down a 90-year-old ruling restricting when presidents may remove agency board members.

Administration lawyers are defending President Donald Trump’s move to dismiss Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter without cause and are urging the Court to overturn the unanimous 1935 Humphrey’s Executor decision.

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Conservative justices downplay the impact of expanding presidential removal power

While discussing Trump’s authority to remove the heads of independent agencies, the Supreme Court’s conservative justices argue that permitting a president to dismiss certain agency leaders would not have major

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