For more than 40 years, since his service as a young Reagan administration lawyer, Chief Justice John Roberts has pressed for an exceptionally powerful US president, one who could fire the heads of ...

Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter, sent weekly. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a 91-year-old precedent that has prevented presidents from removing members of independent ...

The Supreme Court strengthened President Trump’s control over independent agencies in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, overruling 91 years of precedent that allowed Congress to insulate certain ...

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