The decision is the latest in which the court's conservative majority sided with the president's power to fire agency officials in violation of long-standing laws.

Kagan disagreed with the other justices who voted in favor of Trump, citing 90 years of precedent with Humphrey's Executor v. United States, which she said "undergirds a significant feature of American governance: Bipartisan administrative bodies carrying out expertise-based functions with a measure of independence from presidential control."

Stamatios Kousisis, Alpha Painting and Construction Co.'s manager, was convicted in 2018 for lying to fulfill diversity requirements for Schuylkill bridge and 30th Street Station repair contracts.

The Supreme Court granted an emergency application filed by the Trump administration, which argued that it has sole authority over immigration disputes such as the Temporary Protected Status of Venezuelans living in the United States. The Supreme Court ruling is a major victory for the Trump administration.

Twelve states on Wednesday urged a federal court to strike down President Donald Trump’s sweeping taxes on imports, saying he had exceeded his authority, left U.S. trade policy dependent on his whims and unleashed economic chaos.

State Representative Laurel Libby, a Republican, had been banned from voting over comments opposing transgender athletes in girls’ sports.