💬 Opinion 1d ago · Eric Boehm

Can the President Fire Anyone He Wants? Yes, Unless the Target Is Part of the Federal Reserve.

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Can the President Fire Anyone He Wants? Yes, Unless the Target Is Part of the Federal Reserve.
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President Donald Trump has the power to fire members of the Federal Trade Commission but cannot give the boot to members of the Federal Reserve. So said the Supreme Court on Monday, in a pair of related decisions about the scope of executive power.
The court ruled 6–3 in favor of the president in Trump v. Slaughter, which challenged his decision to fire Rebecca Slaughter from her position as a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). But in Trump v. Cook, the court sided with Lisa Coo

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