Lawyers for President Donald Trump 's administration will make arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in a push to overturn a 90-year-old decision limiting when presidents can fire board members on Monday (December 8), the Associated Press reports.

The attorneys will defend Trump's decision to fire Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter without cause and call on the nation's highest court to abandon the unanimous 1935 Humphrey's Executor v United States decision. The court's majority six conservative justices have already shown strong support of the Trump administration's position, allowing Slaughter and board members of other agencies to be removed from their jobs despite the ongoing legal challenges.

Trump has also fired members of the National Labor Relatio

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