The Supreme Court ruled Monday that President Donald Trump did have the authority to fire Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter.
The 6-3 ruling gives Trump and future presidents the power to remove members of supposedly independent federal agencies that carry out functions under the executive branch of government.
The majority, comprised of all six conservative justices, found that the FTC’s provision that commissioners could be removed by a president only for cause “is contrary to the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution.”
Rebecca Slaughter, commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission, during a House Judiciary Committee hearing.
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