Supreme Court rules Trump can fire FTC commissioners, ending agency independence

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Slaughter v. Trump that President Donald Trump had the authority to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission's two Democratic commissioners. The decision overturns decades of legal precedent rooted in the 1935 Humphrey's Executor ruling, which had previously allowed independent agency commissioners to be removed only for cause. The ruling significantly expands presidential control over federal regulatory agencies. It marks a major shift in the balance of power between the executive branch and historically independent bodies like the FTC.

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