Trump v. Slaughter is the case that definitively overruled the Humprey’s Executor precedent from 91 years ago (1935)

Excited to see what he does with it.

Supreme Court: The decision gave the president the right to fire employees in the executive branch—and has widely been held a major victory for the conviction unitary executive, held by many key figures in the Trump administration.

Exclusive—Trump: SCOTUS Slaughter Decision ‘More Than Made Up’ for ‘Disappointing’ Birthright Citizenship Ruling

By Nick Gilbertson and Matthew Boyle

President Donald Trump told Breitbart News in an exclusive Oval Office interview on Tuesday evening that while he is disappointed about the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding birthright citizenship, the court’s decision in the Trump v. Slaughter case, which once again grants a president the power to fire independent agency employees at will, “more than made up” for it…. The president noted, as many news outlets have pointed out, that the Slaughter ruling is the most impactful of the term. “You see, it was the biggest story, bigger than birthright, and I think probably it’s considered bigger than birthright, and that was a win. I’m disappointed about birthright. I think it’s ridiculous. We’re the only country that does it. It’s very expensive, and a lot of bad things can happen,” he said.

Breitbart News’s interview with the president came just hours after the Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship in a 5-4 decision in the Trump v. Barbara case. The president has long maintained that birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, and even attended oral arguments in the case in April at the Supreme Court.

The Slaughter case came about after the president fired former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter without cause. Slaughter then sued the president, arguing the firing was unconstitutional under the FTC Act, which stated that employees of independent agencies may be removed only for “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.” The ruling grants the president the power to fire members of the FTC or other independent agencies without a reason.

“It was a disappointing decision, but I think it was, from my personal standpoint, more than made up for by the Slaughter decision, because that was one that was going on for almost 100 years where they took power away from FDR and presidents have tried to regain that power for many, many years,” Trump told Breitbart News when asked about the birthright citizenship ruling.

“If you remember, Taft had the power, and they took it away during FDR, and it’s been almost 100 years, close to 100 years, and everybody’s been trying to regain that power because it was the right thing. It was the correct decision. But a lot of people didn’t know how that was going to go, and then that one I won at 6 to 3. That was a big one. That was a very big win,” he added.

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Pamela Geller

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