This press release from Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) was published on 2026-06-29 and titled "Welch Statement on SCOTUS’ Ruling to Expand Trump’s Power to Fire Heads of Independent Agencies".
Welch Statement on SCOTUS’ Ruling to Expand Trump’s Power to Fire Heads of Independent Agencies BURLINGTON, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Senate Finance Committee, today released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s rulings in Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v. Cook. In the former, the Court gave the President power to fire the heads of independent agency without cause: “The Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump v. Slaughter is a dangerous expansion of presidential power. The conservative Court [ ]