The Court holds that the FTC's statutory provision limiting the President's ability to remove Commissioners only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office violates the separation of powers. Because the FTC exercises quintessentially executive power — rulemaking, enforcement, and civil litigation — its Commissioners must be removable by the President at will, and Humphrey's Executor v. United States is overruled to the extent it holds otherwise.
CASE: Trump v. Slaughter
AUTHOR: Roberts, C. J.
DECIDED: 2026-06-29
OPINION: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-332_qn12.pdf
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