Supreme Court ruling gives Trump a chance to finally slay the Deep State monster
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Supreme Court ruling gives Trump a chance to finally slay the Deep State monster
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The Supreme Court’s decision Monday affirming Trump’s right to fire Federal Trade Commission members opens the door for him to finally dismantle the Deep State once and for all.
Writing for the 6-3 majority, Chief John Roberts concluded “that those who fall within the President’s ‘general administrative control’ must be removable by the President at will.”
In so doing, the court struck down an almost century-old federal law that violated the separation of powers and prevented the president from firing members of the Federal Trade Commission, except for cause, such as for malfeasance.
The precedent-setting case arose from Trump’s March 2025 decision to fire Democratic FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter without cause.
Common sense — and the Constitution, for that matter — dictates that the........
