"The precedent at issue on Monday was established in a case called Humphrey's Executor v. United States. The ruling held that Congress possesses the power to insulate certain federal agencies from full presidential control.

Rebecca Slaughter, who was a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, is challenging Trump's decision in March to fire her from the consumer protection agency. The administration has called the Humphrey's Executor decision "egregiously wrong," arguing that the Constitution grants the president sole control over the U.S. government's executive branch.

The justices are due on Tuesday to hear arguments in another case in which the Trump administration is urging the Supreme Court to overturn a precedent - a 2001 decision that restricted how much money political parties can spend on campaign advertising with input from candidates.

In a different election law case argued earlier in the court's current nine-month term, Louisiana Republicans opposing an electoral map that increased the number of Black-majority congressional districts asked the justices in October to overturn an election law precedent set in 1986."

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