The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that removal protections for members of the Federal Trade Commission are unconstitutional and overturned a 90-year-old decision that allowed Congress to shield members of certain independent agencies from being fired by the president at will.

The decision from the high court expands the president’s power over many independent boards and commissions, which Congress had insulated from political pressure by saying their members could only be removed by the president for cause.

  • GalacticRobot@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    The idea is that the president works with these people and can’t be forced to work with people who will not work with him. So the fix is for Congress to move these agencies back under the legislative branch instead of the executive branch, or you are just going to see more seesawing of people getting fired every 4-8 years even more than we currently have.

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      3 hours ago

      Cant happen (under this SCOTUS), there is no such thing as agencies under the legislative branch. The president executes the laws, so everything is under the executive.