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Anger at supreme court ruling on Trump’s power to fire agency chiefs – US politics live
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- Hello, and welcome to the US politics live blog.
- In a significant victory for the president on Monday, the court granted him the ability to fire leaders of some independent US agencies at will, in a move one advocacy group called “disastrous.”
- The decision to expand presidential powers overturns a precedent set in 1935, rowing back a guardrail put in place to protect agencies against corruption and political interference.
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Hello, and welcome to the US politics live blog.
In a significant victory for the president on Monday, the court granted him the ability to fire leaders of some independent US agencies at will, in a move one advocacy group called “disastrous.”
The decision to expand presidential powers overturns a precedent set in 1935, rowing back a guardrail put in place to protect agencies against corruption and political interference.
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