Humphrey's Executor overruled in Trump v. Slaughter

Date

Jun 29, 2026

Kind

Independent agency

Legal outcome

Upheld in court

Source

govexec.com ↗

Agency or court

Supreme Court

What happened

The Court held the president may remove heads of independent agencies without cause, ending the 1935 precedent that had shielded commissioners at bodies Congress designed to be insulated. This is the ruling that retroactively determined the outcome of most of section A.

Publisher

Government Executive

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