Trump fires both FTC Democrats in challenge to Supreme Court precedent
President Trump fired both Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission yesterday, advancing his administration's claim that the president can fire FTC commissioners despite a US law and a 1935 Supreme Court ruling stating that the president cannot do so without good cause.
The president has tried to assert unprecedented control over independent, bipartisan bodies like the Federal Trade Commission ...
President Donald Trump fired the FTC's only two Democratic commissioners, prompting a hearing Wednesday on claims that they ...
The terminations are part of the president’s effort to expand his legal control over independent agencies.
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