{"data":{"id":1915,"lang":"en","title":"Supreme Court Overturns 91-Year Precedent, Gives President Power to Fire Independent Regulators","summary":"In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court overturned a 91-year-old precedent to allow the president to fire members of independent federal agencies at will.","category":"other","category_label":"Other","published_at":"2026-06-29T22:02:26Z","updated_at":"2026-06-29T22:02:26Z","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/article/1915-supreme-court-overturns-91-year-precedent-gives-president-power-to-fire","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/1915?lang=en","markdown_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/1915.md?lang=en","image_url":"https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/f0d1a027-a4a5-4045-bd8f-d9e820a57d27/slaughter-rt-gmh-260629_1782743696666_hpMain_16x9.jpg?w=992","word_count":171,"reading_time_minutes":1,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/06/29/nx-s1-5816232/supreme-court-ftc-independent-agencies-humphreys-executor","domain":"npr.org"},{"url":"https://abcnews.com/Politics/supreme-court-allows-trump-firing-ftc-commissioner/story?id=129203395","domain":"abcnews.com"},{"url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-trump-ftc-slaughter-humphreys-executor/","domain":"cbsnews.com"}],"translation":{"lang":"cs","id":1988,"title":"Nejvyšší soud USA zrušil 91 let starý precedens — prezident může propouštět šéfy nezávislých regulátorů","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/clanek/1988-nejvyssi-soud-usa-zrusil-91-let-stary-precedens-prezident-muze-propoustet-sefy","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/1988?lang=cs"},"content":"The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a 91-year-old legal protection for independent federal agencies in a landmark 6-3 ruling on Monday, holding that President Trump's 2025 firing of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter was constitutional. The decision overturns Humphrey's Executor, a 1935 precedent that had shielded agency heads from removal without cause, fundamentally reshaping the balance of power between the White House and independent regulators.\n\nThe ruling affects a wide range of independent agencies beyond the FTC, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Merit Systems Protection Board, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission — all of which saw Democratic members dismissed by Trump in 2025. By removing the for-cause protection, the court effectively turns commissioners at these bodies into at-will employees serving at the president's pleasure.\n\nIn a sharp dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, warned that the majority had handed the president \"far greater power than ever before\" — power, she wrote, that \"neither the People, nor Congress, nor the Constitution bestowed upon him.\""}}