Trump v. Slaughter · ¶117

When President Roosevelt fired Humphrey, he had good reason to think he stood on firm legal ground. To be sure, Congress had imposed statutory restrictions on his removal authority and the President had not even pretended to comply with those restrictions when he dismissed Humphrey. But less than a decade earlier, this Court had held in Myers v. United States, 272 U. S. 52 (1926), that Article II of the Constitution extends to the President the power, unbounded by contrary statutes, to remove presidentially appointed officers like Humphrey. See id., at 163–176.

slip opinion, revised 7/07/26
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