“Because the Constitution vests the executive power in the president … he may remove without cause executive officers who exercise that power on his behalf, subject to narrow exceptions recognized by our precedents,” the court said in an unsigned opinion.
Supreme Court grants Trump broad powers to fire agency leaders
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While not a final ruling, the court said in an unsigned order that the Constitution appears to give the president the authority to fire the board members "without cause.”
Independent agency board members fired by President Trump won't be reinstated by Supreme Court
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