Is there anyone in government Trump can’t fire? Why Humphrey’s Executor may be in peril at the Supreme Court
CNN: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, noted that President Donald Trump’s rapid firings of independent agency officials appear aimed at overturning Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, a 1935 Supreme Court precedent requiring cause for removal. He said the legal precedent is now “directly in the crosshairs,” with challenges poised for high-court review.
Jonathan H. Adler