President Trump has recently fired numerous officials, including inspectors general and career prosecutors, potentially in violation of federal laws. This creates for possible lawsuits which his legal team may welcome, as favorable rulings could expand presidential authority over the federal government. Legal experts suggest these actions seem strategic, designed to prompt court challenges that might lead the Supreme Court's conservative majority to broaden the scope of executive power further, particularly through the controversial unitary executive theory, which asserts that Congress cannot limit a president's control over their administration.
There is a risk that judges may determine that some of the dismissals were illegal, but any rulings in the president's favor would establish precedents that would expand presidential power.
The purges underway appear to be custom-made opportunities for the Supreme Court's Republican-appointed majority to strike down the statutes any legal challenges would be based on.
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