The Supreme Court issued major decisions on June 29 that both expanded and limited the president’s ability to fire the heads of federal entities.
In one of the cases, Trump v. Slaughter, President Donald Trump notched a significant win, and he said in a post on Truth Social that the court’s decision was a “Historic and Unprecedented Ruling.”
The decision not only allowed him to fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), but also overruled a nearly century-old precedent limiting the president’s ability to fire heads of agencies.
However, the Supreme Court also made clear that Trump’s power to fire wasn’t unlimited….