But the justices sought to calm fears about the decision’s possible implications for the president’s ability to fire the chair of the Federal Reserve.

One of them, Roger Severino, who was appointed to the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States shortly before Biden took office, sued the Biden administration over his termination. The U.S. District Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit tossed the suit, however, ruling that Biden had the authority as president to fire Servino.