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Supreme Court hears arguments today in a case that could upend the balance of powers in the federal government.
As NPR's Andrea Shu reports,
the Trump administration has asked the High Court to overturn a 90-year precedent.
In 1935,
the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Congress could put limits on the president's power to fire heads of some independent agencies.
The agency in question was the Federal Trade Commission.
Today, the court considers whether those limits are constitutional.
The new case started with Trump's removal of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter in March.
She was told her service was inconsistent with the administration's priorities.
Slaughter sued calling her firing illegal, and a lower court agreed with her.
citing the 1935 case.
The Trump administration says that ruling was flawed and should be overturned.
They argue the Constitution puts the president in charge of the entire executive branch,
and Congress cannot siphon that power away from him.
Andrea Shu, NPR News.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky goes to London today.
He'll meet the leaders of Britain, France,
and Germany to talk about ongoing negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
Rebecca Rossman reports.