"The Supreme Court presented President Donald Trump a major victory on Monday, ruling he can fire FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter after months of battling in court. The president has been pushing to fire Slaughter, a Democrat who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, since March. Monday's ruling comes as the court said it will weigh whether the president can fire members of the Federal Trade Commission without cause. While that case is being litigated, NBC News reported Slaughter will not be able to remain in office."
"The president and the government suffer irreparable harm when courts transfer even some of that executive power to officers beyond the President's control, Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued. The Supreme Court, by a 6-3 margin, agreed. Monday's ruling, according to the Associated Press, signaled the conservative majority is poised to overturn or narrow a 1935 Supreme Court decision that found commissioners can only be removed for misconduct or neglect of duty."
By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump can remove FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, ending her ability to remain in office while related litigation proceeds. Slaughter, a Democratic commissioner appointed by President Joe Biden, was fired in March along with commissioner Alvaro Bedoya; Bedoya later dropped his challenge. A federal judge had ruled for Slaughter in July, citing Humphrey's Executor v. United States (1935) and its restrictions on presidential removal of FTC commissioners. The Justice Department argued the president may fire commissioners at will, and the Court's decision signaled the conservative majority may narrow or overturn Humphrey's when it hears the case in December.
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