Supreme Court’s expansion of Trump’s firing power heads for new test
Key takeaways
- The NCUA follows in that same lineage, Harper and Otsuka s lawyers wrote to an appeal court on Thursday.
- Earlier this week, the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, overruled 91 years of precedent that enabled Congress to insulate certain expert agency leaders from being fired by the president at will.
- It most immediately greenlights Trump s efforts to fire leaders at the Federal Trade Commission.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
Link copied by Zach Schonfeld - 07/02/26 5:31 PM ET Link copied NOW PLAYING The Supreme Court s decision expanding President Trump s firing power is already headed for a test, as members of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) who were sacked by the president indicated Thursday they ll keep fighting their terminations.
Todd Harper and Tanya Otsuka are arguing the NCUA is just like the Federal Reserve, which the high court has signaled may still be able to keep its degree of independence from the White House even in the wake of the recent decision.
The NCUA follows in that same lineage, Harper and Otsuka s lawyers wrote to an appeal court on Thursday.