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In major blow to independent agencies, Supreme Court upholds Trump firing of FTC commissioner

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them to be packed with only Republicans or only Democrats, if a president wishes, giving the White House more direct control over their functions.

The conservative majority effectively overruled a unanimous 1935 Supreme Court decision involving the FTC — Humphrey’s Executor v. U.S. — which had previously affirmed limits on a president’s ability to continue reading …

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