The Supreme Court is about to tell Pres. Donald Trump whether he has more power to use a favorite phrase: “You're fired.”
FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2020, file photo, Night falls on the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court is about to tell President Donald Trump whether he has more power to use a favorite phrase: “You're fired.” A case being argued at the high court Tuesday could threaten the structure of agencies that form an enormous swath of the federal government. It has to do with whether Trump, and future presidents, can fire the heads of independent agencies for any reason.
The case the justices are hearing involves the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency Congress created in response to the 2008 financial crisis.
Conservatives have long argued that independent agencies created by Congress such as the CFPB have gotten out of control, violating the Constitution's separation of powers principles by limiting the power of the president. Under the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFPB director is appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate and serves a five-year term. The president can only remove a director for “inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office." That means that a new president usually can't immediately fire the head who was appointed in the previous administration.
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