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Behind the Supreme Court’s Push to Expand Presidential Power

Par :Ann E. Marimow · Claire Hogan · Stephanie Swart and Pierre Kattar
12 décembre 2025 à 05:01
For more than a decade, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority has chipped away at Congress’s power to insulate independent agencies from politics. Now, the court has signaled its willingness to expand presidential power once again.
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Supreme Court Grapples With Death Penalty Case on Intellectual Disability

Par :Ann E. Marimow
10 décembre 2025 à 14:56
The case involves an Alabama man who challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results in a series of I.Q. tests.

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Two decades ago, the Supreme Court barred the execution of people with mental disabilities as a violation of the Constitution’s Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. But the court’s composition has changed.
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Supreme Court’s Conservatives Have Already Narrowed the 1935 Precedent

Par :Ann E. Marimow
8 décembre 2025 à 11:39
Several conservative justices have indicated their willingness to strengthen the president’s power to fire independent agency leaders.

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Chief Justice John Roberts, bottom right, wrote in a 2010 opinion that the president’s power generally includes “the authority to remove those who assist him in carrying out his duties.”
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Supreme Court Seems Poised to Give Trump More Power to Fire Independent Officials

Par :Ann E. Marimow
8 décembre 2025 à 16:12
A ruling in the president’s favor in the case, which deals with his attempt to remove a member of the Federal Trade Commission, would be a major expansion of presidential authority.

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Monday’s case presented the first opportunity for the Supreme Court to issue a conclusive ruling on the underlying legal questions of President Trump’s firings.
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Supreme Court to Hear Major Test of Trump’s Power to Fire Officials

Par :Ann E. Marimow
8 décembre 2025 à 05:03
The court’s conservative majority has generally let President Trump remove leaders of independent agencies like the Federal Trade Commission, at least temporarily.

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Rebecca Slaughter sued President Trump after he fired her from the Federal Trade Commission in March.
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Presidential Power Gets Tested Before Supreme Court After Long Conservative Project to Shrink Agencies

Par :Ann E. Marimow
7 décembre 2025 à 09:25
President Trump has repeatedly ousted leaders of independent agencies despite federal laws meant to shield those regulators from politics.

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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and other conservatives on the Supreme Court have embraced the so-called unitary executive theory, which holds that the Constitution vests all executive power in the president and that he must be able to control everything the executive branch does.
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Supreme Court Hears Copyright Battle Over Online Music Piracy

Par :Ann E. Marimow
1 décembre 2025 à 13:35
At issue is whether internet providers can be held liable for repeated copyright infringements of users, with potentially billions of dollars on the line.

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Several justices said Cox Communication’s “mere knowledge” of illegal downloads was not sufficient to hold the company liable.
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Despite Supreme Court Wins, Elite D.O.J. Unit Has Seen Mass Turnover

Par :Abbie VanSickle and Ann E. Marimow
1 décembre 2025 à 05:01
Even with an exodus of lawyers, the Office of the Solicitor General has had remarkable success. But fiery rhetoric and close White House ties have raised concerns.

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The solicitor general’s office, which has experienced mass departures, is focused on a single audience: the Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court Defers Ruling on Trump’s Effort to Oust Copyright Official

Par :Ann E. Marimow
26 novembre 2025 à 13:25
An appeals court panel had said that Shira Perlmutter, the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, could remain in her role as an adviser to Congress.

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Shira Perlmutter, who was appointed in 2020 by the librarian of Congress, oversees the government’s copyright office and administers the nation’s copyright system.
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