Supreme Court Case Challenges Presidential Power Over Independent Agencies
The Supreme Court is currently deliberating on the case of Trump v. Slaughter, which questions the president's authority to dismiss executive branch officials without cause at independent agencies. This case has sparked significant debate over the constitutional legitimacy of such agencies, which were first established under President Woodrow Wilson and later codified in Humphrey's Executor v. United States. The case challenges the notion that these agencies, which have expanded in power since 1934, can operate independently of presidential oversight. Critics argue that this independence allows them to wield more power over Americans than any other government branch, creating rules, investigating citizens, and imposing fines without direct accountability. The Supreme Court has previously overturned the Chevron deference, which allowed agencies broad regulatory powers, and some argue that Humphrey's Executor should face a similar fate. 
