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Supreme Court allows firing of FTC commissioners, ends agency

Supreme Court allows firing of FTC commissioners, ends agency independence

Supreme Court allows firing of FTC commissioners, ends agency

The Supreme Court just placed once-independent agencies more firmly under presidential control. The court ruled in Trump v. Slaughter with a 6-3 vote that President Donald Trump had the authority to fire the Federal Trade Commission's two Democratic commissioners, even though it…

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