Trump v. Slaughter · ¶203

Even as the President’s ability to remove executive officers was the subject of spirited debate in the early republic, limitations on Presidential removal nevertheless were enacted. The majority is correct that Presidents generally “utilized their removal power” when not limited by law, see ante, at 13, but the 19th-century history of Presidential removal is not as absolute as the majority suggests.

slip opinion, revised 7/07/26
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