US supreme court rules Trump can fire leaders of independent agencies
by Michael Sainato from US news | The Guardian on (#76MTV)
Case focused on White House's March 2025 firing of Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter
The US supreme court ruled that Donald Trump can fire leaders of independent agencies or commissions, ending 90 years of court precedent that curbs executive power.
The vote in the case of Trump v Slaughter is 6-3, with dissents from Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Elena Kagan.
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