Don't Throw My Executive Power in That Briar Patch!

Litigation over Trump's removal of the heads of federal agencies is likely to end with the reversal of a 90-year-old Supreme Court ruling.

Article II of the Constitution begins with a simple declarative sentence: “The executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States of America.” Those 15 words are at the heart of a key battle in the early days of the second Trump administration—and will likely be the basis for consolidating power in one individual over what has become th…