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SCOTUS overturns 90 years of legal precedent to expand US presidential power, handing Donald Trump a major victory. The court ruled President Donald Trump CAN fire the heads of independent agencies without cause. The justices struck down a nearly century-old precedent that has allowed Congress to protect the leaders of independent agencies from political influence.

The court鈥檚 landmark decision is based on allowing President Trump to remove a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, Rebecca Slaughter, for policy reasons. She sued the government, but today鈥檚 decision effectively ends the bipartisan, independent nature of regulatory agencies that oversee many aspects of American life. Trump has called the decision a "BIG WIN" and "one of the most important ever given with respect to Presidential Powers.鈥�

Anthony and Sarah talk to Professor Kate Shaw from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast and ask, is Trump now the most powerful President in history? We also look at cases which didn鈥檛 go Trump鈥檚 way, and what that tells us about the Supreme Court, and whether it鈥檚 prepared to stand up to the president.

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鈥� Sarah Smith, North America Editor
鈥� Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent

GUEST:
Kate Shaw, Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania and co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast

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