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.
