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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let him fire member of Federal Trade Commission

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let him fire member of Federal Trade Commission

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court Thursday to let the president fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission, the latest in a string of emergency petitions over the president’s rem...

The fight over the president’s power to fire could prompt the court to consider overturning a 90-year-old Supreme Court decision known as Humphrey’s Executor. In that case from 1935, the court unanimously held that presidents cannot fire independent board members without cause.

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