The Supreme Court has granted President Trump the power to fire and replace commissioners at independent government agencies. Monday’s 6-3 ruling overturns more than 90 years of precedent that insulated regulatory agencies set up by Congress from presidential control. The case centered around Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, who was fired by Trump without cause in March of 2025.

In a separate ruling announced Monday, justices ruled 5 to 4 that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook could remain in her job as she challenges Trump’s efforts to fire her. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts argued the Trump administration’s efforts to end the Federal Reserve’s independence is “an interpretive leap out of step with the statute Congress enacted and our Nation’s tradition of central banking protected from political interference.”

Alvaro Bedoya, former FTC commissioner who was fired by Trump, responded to the ruling: “They’re making clear that the Wall Street bankers, the central bankers, they deserve an independent above-the-fray regulator. The rest of us schmucks get stuck with the loyalists.”