Trump v. Slaughter · ¶158

This case should have begun and ended with this Court’s unanimous decision from almost a century ago: Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, 295 U. S. 602. Humphrey’s addressed the very statute at issue here, which allows the President to remove FTC Commissioners only “‘for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office,’” and upheld its constitutionality against the very same challenge levied in this case. Id., at 620; see id., at 629, 631–632.

slip opinion, revised 7/07/26
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