In a blockbuster case, Trump v. Slaughter, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the president could, at will, dismiss appointees to independent regulatory agencies who had already been confirmed by Congress, overturning a nearly 100-year-old precedent that held the opposite. For business leaders, this watershed decision will likely lead to less certainty and consistency for the regulated aspects of their business, with federal rules and their enforcement increasingly determined by political expediency rather than expert analysis.
