Should FDR of been allowed to fire Humphrey for a difference of political

Penelope

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opinion, the Supreme Court at the time said no.

Humphrey's Executor v. United States, 295 U.S. 602 (1935),[1] was a United States Supreme Court case decided during the Franklin Delano Roosevelt presidency, regarding the powers that a President of the United States has to remove certain executive officials of a "quasi-legislative," "quasi-judicial" administrative body created by Congress, for purely political reasons and without the consent of Congress.

Roosevelt was dissatisfied with William Humphrey, a member of the Federal Trade Commission, as Humphrey did not, in Roosevelt's view, support his New Deal policies vigorously enough

Humphrey's Executor v. United States
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Kav says yes. He wants the President to have full control. I wonder why Obama didn't take the bait.
 

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