The United States Supreme Court on Monday issued a series of major rulings related to President Donald Trump, including three that went against him and one that went in his favour.The issues decided ranged from the president’s authority over independent government regulators to voting rights and a sexual assault judgement.Here is what we know about each of these rulings:Federal firing restrictions overturnedIn a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court increased Trump’s executive powers to fire members of independent government agencies without having to give a reason.The court did this by backing the Republican president’s sacking of a Democratic Federal Trade Commission (FTC) member, Rebecca Slaughter, expanding his powers over the government and overturning a 1935 precedent that had recognised the authority of Congress to protect leaders of certain regulatory agencies from presidential removal at will.Trump dismissed Slaughter last year without providing a reason. It is understood that the two disagreed over policy. Lower courts upheld her claim that the move violated rules Congress put in place to protect the members of dozens of independent government agencies.As a result, “Trump’s control over the executive branch and ability to fire civil servants at will [is] much enhanced”, Constitutional Lawyer Bruce Fein told Al Jazeera.The decision by the Supreme Court that Trump was authorised to fire her without a reason is expected to have wide-ranging implications. Since the start of his second term in J …
