Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2025
Abstract
The Supreme Court heard argument on Monday in Trump v. Slaughter, a case in which the President seeks to override the power of Congress to limit, through legislation, presidential removal of federal administrators. The argument revealed some confusion about the law and history of federal offices and multiple precedents important to resolving the question. This post examines mistakes and misreadings with respect to: the design of the Federal Reserve System; the meaning of a fixed term; and the Court’s decisions in Marbury v. Madison, Ex Parte Hennen, and Parsons v. United States.
Disciplines
Administrative Law | Constitutional Law | Law
Recommended Citation
Lev Menand,
Fact Checking Oral Argument in Slaughter,
Yale J. on Reg. Notice & Comment, December 10, 2025
(2025).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/4795