"The Republicans on the Supreme Court are poised to take a major step toward their generational goal of restructuring the constitutional separation of powers. The court heard arguments on Monday aimed at taking away the independence of independent federal agencies created by Congress, turning them all into mere expressions of Donald Trump's political and tyrannical will. The case that will allow Republicans to do this is called Trump v. Slaughter."
"It's nominally about Trump's firing of Rebecca Slaughter, a person Trump himself appointed to the Federal Trade Commission in 2018. Joe Biden renominated her to serve a second term, but Trump decided to fire her when he returned to office. By statute, FTC commissioners can be fired only for cause, but the former reality-television personality made famous for firing people offered no cause."
Conservative Supreme Court justices are positioned to permit presidential removal of independent agency officials, enabling the president to fire FTC commissioner Rebecca Slaughter despite statutory for-cause protections. The case, Trump v. Slaughter, arose after Trump fired a commissioner he had appointed and who had been renominated by Joe Biden. If the court allows unfettered removal, nearly all independent federal agencies could lose statutory independence and become direct instruments of presidential policy. Congress has long created agencies to administer laws — from the 1790 Sinking Fund Commission to the 2010 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — and most federal regulations originate from such agencies.
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