Overview
- The Court overruled the near‑century Humphrey’s Executor doctrine in a 6–3 decision that lets the president remove many officials at independent agencies without showing cause.
- In a separate 5–4 order the Court blocked President Trump’s immediate removal of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, keeping her in office while her lawsuit over the dismissal proceeds in lower courts.
- The justices declined to take Trump’s appeal in the E. Jean Carroll case, leaving a jury award of at least $5 million intact and requiring him to satisfy that judgment.
- The Court upheld state rules that allow counting mail‑in ballots received after Election Day and agreed to review a separate challenge over mass voter purges and National Voter Registration Act practices that could affect election rolls.
- Taken together the rulings, issued Monday, shift the balance between presidential control and agency independence, could increase White House influence over rulemaking and enforcement, and leave several legal limits and practical questions to be resolved in future litigation.