Historic Executive Power Test Echoes Past Supreme Court Battles

The current legal battles surrounding executive power have drawn significant parallels to notable historical Supreme Court cases from the 1930s. According to the New York Times, the upcoming Supreme Court case revisits the conflict between President Franklin D.

Roosevelt and Federal Trade Commission leader William E. Humphrey, which centered on the president's authority to remove agency heads. Roosevelt's attempt to oust Humphrey was ultimately rejected by the Supreme Court, which upheld that Congress could protect independent regulators from presidential dismissal without cause.

This nearly century-old precedent is now under scrutiny as the court prepares to hear arguments that could redefine the limits of presidential power, echoing the core debates about governance that have persisted throughout U.S. history.