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Bloomberg
6 days ago
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Supreme Court Lets Trump Oust Top Consumer-Safety Officials
A divided US Supreme Court let President Donald Trump temporarily remove three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, extending a line of decisions giving the White House more control over independent agencies. Over dissents from the court's three liberals, the justices on Wednesday put on hold a federal district court decision that said Trump was bound by job protections created by Congress for CPSC members. US District Judge Matthew Maddox's June 13 decision had reinstated the three commissioners after Trump fired them in May.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Supreme Court Lets Trump Oust Top Consumer-Safety Officials
(Bloomberg) -- A divided US Supreme Court let President Donald Trump temporarily remove three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, extending a line of decisions giving the White House more control over independent agencies. Trump Awards $1.26 Billion Contract to Build Biggest Immigrant Detention Center in US Why the Federal Reserve's Building Renovation Costs $2.5 Billion The High Costs of Trump's 'Big Beautiful' New Car Loan Deduction Salt Lake City Turns Winter Olympic Bid Into Statewide Bond Boom Milan Corruption Probe Casts Shadow Over Property Boom Over dissents from the court's three liberals, the justices on Wednesday put on hold a federal district court decision that said Trump was bound by job protections created by Congress for CPSC members. US District Judge Matthew Maddox's June 13 decision had reinstated the three commissioners after Trump fired them in May. The order is the latest to chip away at a landmark 1935 Supreme Court ruling that said Congress could shield at least some high-ranking officials from being fired to insulate them from political pressures. The ruling, known as Humphrey's Executor, allowed the independent agencies that came to proliferate across the US government. The Supreme Court in May let Trump remove members of the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board. The court suggested in that decision that Trump's power wouldn't extend to firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell — at least in the absence of a legitimate reason like misconduct. The majority on Wednesday said the CPSC case was 'squarely controlled' by the earlier ruling. Although the court said it wasn't conclusively deciding the merits of either case, the two-paragraph order said the president should be allowed to oust officials in the meantime. 'The government faces greater risk of harm from an order allowing a removed officer to continue exercising the executive power than a wrongfully removed officer faces from being unable to perform her statutory duty,' the court said, repeating a line from the earlier decision. Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson blasted the ruling, saying the court had 'all but overturned' the 1935 Humphrey's Executor ruling. 'Once again, this court uses its emergency docket to destroy the independence of an independent agency, as established by Congress,' Kagan wrote for the group. Job Protections Federal law says CPSC commissioners can be fired from their seven-year terms only for 'neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.' Trump nonetheless fired CPSC Commissioners Mary Boyle, Alexander Hoehn-Saric and Richard Trumka Jr. on May 8 and 9. Maddox ordered all three reinstated on June 13, citing the Humphrey's Executor ruling. The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the administration's request to put Maddox's ruling on hold, prompting the government to turn to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court ruled in 2020 that the president could fire the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying the Constitution's separation of powers requires such a powerful executive branch figure to be accountable to the president. Defenders of Humphrey's Executor say the Constitution gives Congress the flexibility to create agencies that rely on expert leadership and are independent from the White House. The case is Trump v. Boyle, 25A11. (Updates with excerpts from order, dissent starting in fifth paragraph.) Elon Musk's Empire Is Creaking Under the Strain of Elon Musk Burning Man Is Burning Through Cash A Rebel Army Is Building a Rare-Earth Empire on China's Border What the Tough Job Market for New College Grads Says About the Economy How Starbucks' CEO Plans to Tame the Rush-Hour Free-for-All ©2025 Bloomberg L.P. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Bloomberg
7 days ago
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Supreme Court Lets Trump Oust Consumer-Safety Officials for Now
A divided US Supreme Court let President Donald Trump temporarily remove three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, extending a line of decisions giving the White House more control over independent agencies. Over dissents from the court's three liberals, the justices put on hold a federal district court decision that said Trump was bound by job protections created by Congress for CPSC members. US District Judge Matthew Maddox's June 13 decision had reinstated the three commissioners after Trump fired them in May.
Al Arabiya
7 days ago
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Supreme court allows Trump to remove 3 democrats on the consumer product safety commission
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to remove three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission who had been fired by President Donald Trump and then reinstated by a federal judge. The justices acted on an emergency appeal from the Justice Department, which argued that the agency is under Trump's control and the president is free to remove commissioners without cause. The three liberal justices dissented. The commission helps protect consumers from dangerous products by issuing recalls, suing errant companies, and more. Trump fired the three Democrats on the five-member commission in May. They were serving seven-year terms after being nominated by President Joe Biden. US District Judge Matthew Maddox in Baltimore ruled in June that the dismissals were unlawful. Maddox sought to distinguish the commission's role from those of other agencies where the Supreme Court has allowed firings to go forward. A month earlier, the high court's conservative majority declined to reinstate members of the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board, finding that the Constitution appears to give the president the authority to fire the board members without cause. The three liberal justices dissented. The administration has argued that all the agencies are under Trump's control as the head of the executive branch. Maddox, a Biden nominee, noted that it can be difficult to characterize the product safety commission's functions as purely executive. The fight over the president's power to fire could prompt the court to consider overturning a 90-year-old Supreme Court decision known as Humphrey's Executor. In that case from 1935, the court unanimously held that presidents cannot fire independent board members without cause. The decision ushered in an era of powerful independent federal agencies charged with regulating labor relations, employment discrimination, the airwaves, and much else. But it has long rankled conservative legal theorists who argue the modern administrative state gets the Constitution all wrong because such agencies should answer to the president. The Consumer Product Safety Commission was created in 1972. Its five members must maintain a partisan split, with no more than three representing the president's party. They serve staggered terms. That structure ensures that each president has the opportunity to influence but not control the commission, attorneys for the fired commissioners wrote in court filings. They argued the recent terminations could jeopardize the commission's independence.
Associated Press
7 days ago
- Politics
- Associated Press
Supreme Court allows Trump to remove 3 Democrats on the Consumer Product Safety Commission
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to remove three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, who had been fired by President Donald Trump and then reinstated by a federal judge. The justices acted on an emergency appeal from the Justice Department, which argued that the agency is under Trump's control and the president is free to remove commissioners without cause. The three liberal justices dissented. The commission helps protect consumers from dangerous products by issuing recalls, suing errant companies and more. Trump fired the three Democrats on the five-member commission in May. They were serving seven-year terms after being nominated by President Joe Biden. U.S. District Judge Matthew Maddox in Baltimore ruled in June that the dismissals were unlawful. Maddox sought to distinguish the commission's role from those of other agencies where the Supreme Court has allowed firings to go forward. A month earlier, the high court's conservative majority declined to reinstate members of the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board, finding that the Constitution appears to give the president the authority to fire the board members 'without cause.' The three liberal justices dissented. The administration has argued that all the agencies are under Trump's control as the head of the executive branch. Maddox, a Biden nominee, noted that it can be difficult to characterize the product safety commission's functions as purely executive. The fight over the president's power to fire could prompt the court to consider overturning a 90-year-old Supreme Court decision known as Humphrey's Executor. In that case from 1935, the court unanimously held that presidents cannot fire independent board members without cause. The decision ushered in an era of powerful independent federal agencies charged with regulating labor relations, employment discrimination, the airwaves and much else. But it has long rankled conservative legal theorists who argue the modern administrative state gets the Constitution all wrong because such agencies should answer to the president. The Consumer Product Safety Commission was created in 1972. Its five members must maintain a partisan split, with no more than three representing the president's party. They serve staggered terms. That structure ensures that each president has 'the opportunity to influence, but not control,' the commission, attorneys for the fired commissioners wrote in court filings. They argued the recent terminations could jeopardize the commission's independence. ___
