A Dentons webinar explores how the court’s ruling affects energy and infrastructure regulation, along with environmental rules and permitting procedures.
The Slaughter decision significantly expands presidential authority over independent federal agencies.”— Llewellyn KingWASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, July 17, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — A ruling issued by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 29 (Trump v. Slaughter) deeply affects decision-making at independent federal agencies and strengthens the president’s ability to oversee them.
The Slaughter ruling may be especially consequential for bodies such as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Since 1935, federal regulatory agencies have typically been composed of three commissioners from the party holding the White House and two from the minority party. Commissioners served fixed terms, allowing them to voice dissenting views from the majority.
Slaughter overruled Humphrey’s Executor v. United States (1935), determining that Congress generally cannot shield leaders of executive agencies from presidential removal through “for-cause” protections.
Now, the president can remove commissioners from either party if he disagrees with their positions.
This carries enormous consequences for every regulated industry and technology, but it could fundamentally alter decisions from FERC, which oversees wholesale electricity and natural gas transactions.
A virtual roundtable held on July 14 by Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, focuses on how this decision impacts FERC. The full recording is available on the Energy Central site: https://www.energycentral.com/energy-biz/post/dentons-virtual-roundtable-updates-on-supreme-court-term-and-impact-of-tCRduf0rN02xZTy.
“This Dentons webinar may be the best, most concise and informative webinar I have ever watched. Anyone in the utility or gas industries should tune into this analytical and to-the-point discussion,” said Llewellyn King, who founded The Energy Daily and has covered energy for 50 years as a print and broadcast journalist.
Clint Vince, chair of Dentons U.S. energy practice, moderates the webinar. The panelists are:
Amy Howe, co-founder, SCOTUSblog;
Simon Steel, partner, regulatory, Dentons;
Sam Olens, twice Republican attorney general of Georgia and now a Dentons partner, regulatory.
The webinar is also available on the Dentons YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Dentons/videos.
“The Slaughter decision significantly expands presidential authority over independent federal agencies. If you are in the utility or gas business and you don’t watch this Dentons webinar, you will spend a lot of time getting informed later,” King said.
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