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The Supreme Court ruled Monday that President Donald Trump did have the authority to fire Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter.<\/p>

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The 6-3 gives Trump and future presidents the power to remove members of supposedly independent federal agencies that carry out functions under the executive branch of government. <\/p>

The majority, comprised of all six conservative justices, found that the FTC’s provision that commissioners could be removed by a president only for cause “is contrary to the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution.”<\/p>

The ruling effectively overturns a key Supreme Court precedent known as “Humphrey’s Executor,” which had served as a protection for members of independent agencies from firing by a president.<\/p>

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“The President may remove his subordinates at will,” Chief Justice John Roberts said in the majority opinion that he authored.<\/p>

“The FTC unquestionably exercises executive power, and must therefore be controlled by the Chief Executive,” Roberts said.<\/p>

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