The Supreme Court rules that President Donald Trump lawfully removed Rebecca Slaughter and that removal protections for independent agency commissioners are unconstitutional.Chief Justice John Roberts writes for a 6-3 majority that overturns the Humphrey's Executor precedent and gives the president broader authority over multi-member regulatory boards.The decision affects more than two dozen agencies that Congress designed to operate with bipartisan membership and insulated rulemaking, and follows rulings that narrowed protections for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Housing Finance Agency.Justices
Sonia Sotomayor,
Ketanji Brown Jackson and
Elena Kagan dissent, warning the opinion concentrates power in the White House and will alter enforcement of consumer protection and competition laws.