Trump v. Slaughter: Supreme Court Says Constitution Allows the President to Be President
In a 6-3 opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court said that the Constitution grants the president—any president—the power to remove individuals who exercise executive authority. In doing so, it overruled its long-discredited 91-year-old New Deal Era decision of Humphrey’s Executor v. United States. Here’s what happened: Democratic operative Rebecca Slaughter was...
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Home – Supreme Court News – Trump v. Slaughter: Supreme Court Says Constitution Allows the President to Be President opinion Trump v. Slaughter: Supreme Court Says Constitution Allows the President to Be President Zack Smith • June 29, 2026 Print President Donald Trump on June 26, 2026 in the District of Columbia. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (function(){var t=document.querySelector(".wp-block-kadence-dynamichtml"),s=document.currentScript.previousElementSibling;if(t&&s){if("prepend"==="before_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t);else if("prepend"==="after_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t.nextSibling);else if("prepend"==="prepend"||"prepend"==="inside_first_child")t.insertBefore(s,t.firstChild);else t.appendChild(s);}})(); In a 6-3 opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts,…
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