Though the high court affirmed the political independence of the Federal Reserve, it gave the presidency huge control over dozens of federal regulators.
The Supreme Court ruled that President Trump was allowed to fire Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter.REUTERS Editor: Cherry Meigh Timbol Published June 30, 2026 Context Signal: The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision expanding presidential authority [...]
State of the Union: The court ruled in favor of the Trump administration in only one of the three decisions Monday. The post Supreme Court Curbs Presidential Power in Major Rulings appeared first on The American Conservative .
The Supreme Court issued rulings Monday morning in three high-profile cases as it approaches the end of its current term, siding against the Trump administration in two of the decisions. The court ruled 5–4 in Watson v. Republican National Committee that Mississippi’s grace period for mail-in ballots postmarked by election day but received within five days afterwards will be allowed to stand through at least the midterm elections. The Trump administration had challenged the law, passed by Mississippi’s GOP-controlled legislature. The court found that the Constitution places election regulations in the hands of states rather than the federal government. It also blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to remove Federal…Open
The Federal Reserve is different. That's the upshot of the Supreme Court's rulings Monday morning. Why it matters: President Trump can't fire Fed governor Lisa Cook for now, a 5-4 court majority held , alongside an opinion that offers a sweeping defense of the central bank's independence. - But the ruling is narrow enough that Trump and future presidents have latitude to fire Fed governors if they can establish legal cause more carefully than Trump did in the Cook case. - The decision came alongside a separate, historic ruling that cleared the way for Trump to fire leaders of the Federal Trade Commission and swept away nearly a century of protections shielding officials at most other independent agencies from presidential removal.…
The Supreme Court is bestowing new powers on a president who often behaves as an aspiring autocrat.
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against the Trump administration on whether ballots must be counted by Election Day, a significant win for states like […] Source
The Supreme Court allows President Trump to remove a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission for policy reasons, rolling back 90 years of precedent.
The Supreme Court has empowered the President to remove independent agency heads, reshaping federal bureaucracy.
The Supreme Court has empowered the President to remove independent agency heads, reshaping federal bureaucracy. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that President Donald J. Trump can fire Federal Trade Commission (FTC) members and, by implication, other federal officials, at will, overturning the Humphrey’s Executor v. United States decision of 1935, which had protected independent agencies for 90 years. Notably, another Monday morning Supreme Court ruling places limits on the President’s power to fire Federal Reserve governors. DETAIL: The FTC case, Trump v. Slaughter, arose after Trump fired two Democrat FTC commissioners, Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, without cause, as their service no longer…Open
The justices allowed the president to fire a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, striking down a nearly century-old precedent intended to insulate independent agencies from political influence by the executive.
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 power.