The case is Trump v. Slaughter; for previous discussion on this blog, see here. Essentially, it means that the president can fire federal officers exercising executive powers--such as, here, commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission, which as readers may be aware is, along with the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department, one of the two federal antitrust enforcement agencies--at will. The result is unfortunate, in my opinion, but not unexpected. In a separate case, however, Trump v. Cook, the Court upheld the requirement that Federal Reserve governors can only be fired for cause, reasoning that the central bank's independence from political manipulation is consistent with eighteenth and early nineteenth century practice.
No comments:
Post a Comment