At issue is whether the president has the authority to dismiss the heads of those agencies that are protected by Congress.

President Trump moved to fire Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from her position as a member of the Federal Trade Commission in March.

The Supreme Court on Monday in a 6-3 decision upheld President Donald Trump's termination of Federal Trade Commissioner ...

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, a member of the Federal Trade Commission, won't remain in office while the case is being litigated.

Supreme Court maintains Trump's termination of Democrat-appointed FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter while setting December ...

The ruling allows the president to remove the sole Democratic official on the Federal Trade Commission, an independent body ...

The hearing could lead to the justices overruling a landmark 90-year-old precedent upholding job protections put in place by ...

Democratic Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter argued that the high court's emergency docket wasn’t the appropriate forum to ...

President Trump has tested his ability to remove leaders of agencies set up to be protected from arbitrary firings.

Chief Justice John Roberts had previously blocked the reinstatement of the agency’s lone Democratic commissioner whom Trump sought to fire.

The Supreme Court will consider expanding President Donald Trump’s power to shape independent agencies by overturning a nearly century-old decision limiting when presidents can fire board members.

The Supreme Court cleared the way for Donald Trump to fire the sole Democrat on the Federal Trade Commission, raising doubt ...