The Supreme Court Expands Presidential Power. Again.
The Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling expanding presidential power to fire leaders of independent federal agencies at will, overturning a 90-year precedent, while simultaneously carving out a critical exception for the Federal Reserve, affirming its independence. The decisions ref
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