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Justice Barrett, Trump v. Slaughter, and Presidential Removal Power from 1969 to 1989

Humphrey's Executor from 1969 to 1989.

Reason · Jan 11

Justice Barrett, Trump v. Slaughter, and Presidential Removal Power from 1945 to 1969

Almost every president since 1945 has refused to accept Humphrey's Executor as having been correctly decided.

Reason · Jan 10

Justice Barrett, Trump v. Slaughter, and Presidential Removal Power from 1933 to 1945

President Franklin D. Roosevelt did his best to defend presidential removal power at will notwithstanding the Supreme Court’s lawless decision in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States.

Reason · Jan 9

SCOTUS Is Now Poised To Overrule Humphrey's Executor, a 1935 Precedent Limiting Presidential Power

The Supreme Court will soon review the president’s authority to fire “independent” agency heads.

Reason · Sep 25, 2025

What are the Precedential Values of Wilcox and Boyle?

Judge Rao explains how to read emergency docket orders on stay applications.

Reason · Sep 3, 2025

Fifth Circuit Upholds Injunction Against NLRB Proceedings, Distinguishing Humphrey's Executor

The Court concludes that limitations on the removal of NLRB Board members and NLRB administrative law judges are both unconstitutional.

Reason · Aug 19, 2025

Supreme Court ignores precedent instead of overruling it in allowing president to fire officials whom Congress tried to make independent

What may be one of the U.S. Supreme Court’s most important and far-reaching rulings in decades dropped in late May 2025 in an order that probably didn’t get a second – or even first – glance from most Americans.

The Conversation · Jun 13, 2025

Democratic FTC Commissioner Quits—But That Doesn't Mean He's Dropping His Lawsuit

Trump fired Federal Trade Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya in March. Yesterday he gave up his claim to the job, but he's still challenging the White House's right to dismiss him.

Reason · Jun 10, 2025

Baude on Trump v. Wilcox: "Predictable and Reasonable"

A defense of the Supreme Court's decision to let President Trump remove members of the NLRB and MSPB.

Reason · May 23, 2025

Justice Kagan Tells Us What She Really Thinks About President Trump

The Court "hand[s] the President the most unitary, meaning also the most subservient, administration since Herbert Hoover (and maybe ever)."

Reason · May 22, 2025