The US Supreme Court overrules Humphrey's Executor, holding that the president may remove FTC commissioners at will, while carving out a narrow removal exception for Federal Reserve governors (Trump / Slaughter) (Trump / Cook)
In Short The Situation: In a pair of opinions, Slaughter and Cook, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the president's authority to remove executive officers at will, invalidating for-cause restrictions at so-called independent agencies while carving out a limited exception for the Federal Reserve. The Court did not resolve the merits of whether Governor Lisa Co
