Supreme Court allows firing of FTC commissioners, ends agency independence
The Supreme Court just placed once-independent agencies more firmly under presidential control. The court ruled in Slaughter v. Trump with a 6-3 vote that President Donald Trump had the authority to fire the Federal Trade Commission's two Democratic commissioners, even though it broke with decades of prior legal precedent at the time. The justices have […]
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The Supreme Court just placed once-independent agencies more firmly under presidential control. The court ruled in Slaughter v. Trump with a 6-3 vote that President Donald Trump had the authority to fire the Federal Trade Commission's two Democratic commissioners, even though it broke with decades of prior legal precedent at the time. The justices have […]
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The Supreme Court just placed once-independent agencies more firmly under presidential control.
The court ruled in Slaughter v.
Trump with a 6-3 vote that President Donald Trump had the authority to fire the Federal Trade Commission's two Democratic commissioners, even though it broke with decades of prior legal precedent at the time.
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