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Trump fires both FTC Democrats in challenge to Supreme Court precedent | Democrats fight "illegal" firings that leave only Republicans at consumer agency.
Democrats fight “illegal” firings that leave only Republicans at consumer agency.
The Humphrey's Executor ruling said the FTC was created to be "an independent, non-partisan body of experts, charged with duties neither political nor executive, but predominantly quasi-judicial and quasi-legislative." The DOJ's determination applies to the FTC, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission, she wrote. "While we do not revisit Humphrey's Executor or any other precedent today, we decline to elevate it into a freestanding invitation for Congress to impose additional restrictions on the President's removal authority," the court said.
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