The Guardian: Outcry over supreme court decision to grant Trump power to fire agency chiefs
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This excerpt is from a piece that originally ran on June 30, 2026.
The decision will leave Trump and any future president in far greater control of independent agencies.
“In short, our authoritarian president was just handed the keys to be even more authoritarian, and the long-term consequences will no doubt be disastrous,” said Rachel Rossi, the president of Alliance for Justice, a progressive judicial advocacy group, in a statement on the ruling.