Trump v. Slaughter · ¶180

There is little to suggest that “executive Power,” as understood at the time of the founding, was as capacious as the Court today asserts. The powers held by the English Crown and state governors before ratification did not include a removal power that the legislature could not modify. Instead, Parliament often restricted the Crown’s ability to remove even high-level royal officers, and States with vesting clauses like the Constitution’s similarly allowed for limits on gubernatorial removal powers. See Seila Law, 591 U. S., at 267–268 (opinion of KAGAN, J.). Recent, post-Seila Law scholarship overwhelmingly confirms this point.

slip opinion, revised 7/07/26
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