Supreme Court allows Trump to fire FTC commissioner
The FUCKING 'Supreme' Court, again.
Trump's actions are in direct tension with a 1935 ruling that upheld restrictions on the president's ability to remove FTC commissioners without cause.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump to fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission despite a federal law that is intended to restrict the White House’s power to control the agency.
The court, via an order issued by Chief Justice John Roberts, temporarily blocked a judge's ruling that reinstated Rebecca Kelly Slaughter while the case continues.
The order did not definitively signal how the court would address an emergency request made by the Trump administration to give the president broader authority to fire independent agency members without cause, but signals that it would likely grant it.
Slaughter, who briefly returned to the agency as a result of the lower court rulings, said in a statement she would "see this case through to the end" regardless of the court's decision to let Trump remove her while the litigation continues.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-allows-trump-fire-ftc-commissioner-rcna229385
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