The Supreme Court has another round of major cases lined up for December, with oral arguments expected on the death penalty, campaign spending, religious liberty, and presidential power.
One case in the month will be on Dec. 8, Trump v. Slaughter, which focuses on the president’s ability to remove high-level bureaucrats without interference from Congress.
This case arose from Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter alleging that President Donald Trump violated federal law by firing her without cause.
Lower courts have repeatedly blocked Trump’s firings while pointing to the Supreme Court’s 1935 decision in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States….