WASHINGTON —

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments today that could impact the president's ability to fire board members of independent agencies, challenging a 90-year-old precedent known as "Humphrey's Executor," which protects these agencies from political interference by prohibiting the president from removing their heads without cause.

In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted to fire the Federal Trade Commissioner, William Humphrey. During the course of the litigation, Humphrey died, but the court said Roosevelt could not have fired him.

The case today includes Rebecca Slaughter , who was fired from the Federal Trade Commission, and the decision could affect officials fired from other agencies.

Slaughter's lawyers argue that limits on President Donald Trump's power ar

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