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Demovictory9

(37,113 posts) Wed Jul 23, 2025, 05:52 PM Jul 23

US Supreme Court lets Trump remove consumer product safety commissioners for now

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/news/content/ar-AA1Jan9N

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The commissioners in their Supreme Court filing had urged the justices to reject the administration's request. They said that allowing the dismissals would deprive the American public of critical consumer safety expertise and oversight.

In May, the Supreme Court in a similar case allowed Trump to remove two Democratic members of the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board - despite job protections for these posts - while a legal challenge to those removals proceeded.

The court in that ruling said the Constitution gives the president wide latitude to fire government officials who wield executive power on his behalf and that the administration "is likely to show that both the NLRB and MSPB exercise considerable executive power."

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US Supreme Court lets Trump remove consumer product safety commissioners for now (Original Post) Demovictory9 Jul 23 OP

So much for our money working for us. underpants Jul 23 #1

Our money is now all going to Trump and his pals. Irish_Dem Jul 23 #3

What does "for now means"?................... Lovie777 Jul 23 #2

Pretty much what it sounds like. Igel Jul 23 #4

it is absolutetly criminal that SCOTUS is essentially eliminating congress as a branch of government Takket Jul 23 #5

underpants

(193,254 posts)

1. So much for our money working for us.

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 05:55 PM

Jul 23

Irish_Dem

(75,488 posts)

3. Our money is now all going to Trump and his pals.

Reply to underpants (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 06:01 PM

Jul 23

Lovie777

(20,489 posts)

2. What does "for now means"?...................

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 05:58 PM

Jul 23

Igel

(37,124 posts)

4. Pretty much what it sounds like.

Reply to Lovie777 (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 08:09 PM

Jul 23

This is not a final decision. It is a decision about an injunction that was issued by the lower court based on the information the judge had and his (her?) interpretation of the law. The case hasn't been heard yet, there is no ruling from a lower court on the legality of Trump's dismissing those committee members.

SCOTUS in the previous case just said that in another case it's likely that that agency probably had a lot of executive authority, which would clearly make it an executive branch agency. There are only three branches--if it's acting like executive, it's not legislative and not judicial. That's the idea, at least.

Takket

(23,258 posts)

5. it is absolutetly criminal that SCOTUS is essentially eliminating congress as a branch of government

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 08:16 PM

Jul 23

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