The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let President Donald Trump fire a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission for now while agreeing to hear arguments in the case in December, setting up a major test of presidential power over government agencies designed by Congress to be independent.
The court granted a Justice Department request to block a judge's order that had shielded Rebecca Slaughter, who sued to challenge Trump's action, from being dismissed from the consumer protection and antitrust agency before her term expires in 2029.
The Supreme Court said it will hear arguments in the case, which could lead to the justices overruling a landmark 90-year-old precedent upholding job protections put in place by Congress to give the heads of certain federal agencies a degree of independence from presidential control.
A triple win for Trump who gets to fire a Biden-appointee, slap down yet another activist judge and possibly overturn a 90-year-old precedent that allows Congress to restrict the President's power to remove members of independent agencies.
RELATED: Trump Scores SCOTUS Win In Bid To Fire Federal Trade Commission Member
No comments:
Post a Comment