Humphrey's Executor v. United States

Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, 295 U.S. 602 (1935), is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that ruled that the U.S. Congress may limit the power of the President of the United States to fire certain government officials, even though the president is the chief executive of the U.S. government. The Court ruled that the U.S. Constitution allows Congress to restrict the President’s authority to dismiss the leaders of independent agencies that are “quasi-legislative” or “quasi-judicial” in nature.