(Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian) The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 6-3 to allow President Trump to fire Biden-appointed Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter and other political appointees from executive branch agencies. Last March, President Trump fired both Democratic commissioners at the FTC. The Supreme Court previously allowed Trump to fire Slaughter, but today’s decision overturns Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, giving Trump lawful authority to fire agency heads across the executive branch. Justice Clarence Thomas previously blasted the 1935 Humphrey’s Executor decision. “Humphrey’s Executor poses a direct threat to our constitutional structure and, as a result, the liberty of the American people . . . Our tolerance of independent agencies in Humphrey’s Executor is an unfortunate example of the Court’s failure to…
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