Trump Wins Huge Supreme Court Case: ‘This Is Historic’

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority had already whittled down the scope of the 1935 ruling in a series of recent cases before officially overturning it.

Trump praised the ruling in a post on Truth Social.

“This Decision has long been sought by Presidents of the United States, all the way back to the 1930s. “Such an Honor to be the sitting President who won this Historic and Unprecedented Ruling, one of the most important ever given with respect to Presidential Powers,” he said.

Back in the White House, Trump set the stage for the Supreme Court to reconsider the precedent, firing the heads of several independent federal agencies in defiance of statutory protections against removal.

Those officials typically prevailed in lower courts, which were still bound by the Supreme Court’s 1935 decision.

But the Supreme Court has the power to overrule or modify its own precedents, which ultimately results in the most recent decision.