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Supreme Court to Hear Case on Presidential Power over Agency Board Members
The Supreme Court is reviewing whether to overturn a 90-year precedent limiting presidential removal power, potentially shifting control of independent agencies to the president.
- The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a case today in Washington, D.C., on whether President Donald Trump can fire independent agency board members at will, including Rebecca Slaughter, a fired Federal Trade Commission member.
- Rooted in the 1935 Humphrey's Executor decision, the FTC's 1914 statute restricts commissioner removal to "inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office."
- President Donald Trump fired Rebecca Slaughter and another Democratic appointee in March, removing members across agencies including the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Surface Transportation Board, and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, while lower courts ruled for Slaughter and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce backed the administration.
- The justices have signaled support for firings at some agencies, raising questions if Rebecca Slaughter can remain in office and if rulings apply beyond the Federal Trade Commission.
- The administration has already asserted removal power over non-executive bodies, including the Library of Congress and, just last week, added President Donald Trump’s name to the U.S. Institute of Peace sign.
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Fight over Trump's power to fire FTC member heads to US Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to weigh the legality of Donald Trump's firing of a Federal Trade Commission member in a major test of presidential power that could imperil a 90-year-old legal precedent.
·United Kingdom
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Legal scholar torches 'ahistoric' fallacies of Trump Supreme Court case
On Monday, December 8, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Trump v. Slaughter, which deals with the legality of President Donald Trump's firing of Rebecca Slaughter — a former commissioner for the Federal Trade Commission (FCC). According to legal experts, the case has major implications for the United States' system of checks and balances. One of those experts is Kate Shaw, a law professor at the University of Pennsylv…
·Washington, United States
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