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may 4, 1936 - U.S. Supreme Court allows Congress to restrict presidential removal powers

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In Humphrey's Executor v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court defined independent regulatory officers’ duties as quasi-legislative and quasi-judicial and allowed Congress to restrict the president’s removal power over them.

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may 4, 1936
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~ 90 years ago