Trump news at a glance: US supreme court appears set to back Trump’s power to fire independent board members
by Guardian staff from US news | The Guardian on (#72169)
Court appears to be split down partisan lines in favor of historic expansion of executive power - key US politics stories from 8 December 2025
The US supreme court on Monday appeared poised to back the Trump administration's argument that the president should be able to fire independent board members that for almost a century have been protected from presidential interference.
The court heard arguments concerning the legality of Donald Trump's firing of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) member and appeared to be split down partisan lines in favor of a historic expansion of executive power, with the conservatives - including the sometimes swing vote of Justice Amy Coney Barrett - seeming to side with the administration.
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