Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor accused President Donald Trump's Department of Justice of asking the high court to "destroy the structure of government" by overturning 90 years of legal theory on who the president could fire.

During a hearing on Monday, Solicitor General John Sauer argued that a 90-year precedent on who the president can remove "must be overruled." The hearing comes after Trump tried to fire Rebecca Slaughter, a Federal Trade Commissioner appointed by Democrats.

"You're asking us to overturn a case that has been around for nearly 100 years, correct?" Sotomayor said of what's known as the Humphrey's Executor.

"90 years, I believe," Sauer agreed.

"What other cases have we overturned that have had a pedigree of 100 years?" the justice asked.

Sauer said there were

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