The Supreme Court on Wednesday paved the way for President Trump to fire three members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) — the second time the justices have allowed Trump’s terminations at independent agencies to go into effect.

The emergency order lifts a lower court's ruling that determined the firings were unlawful and effectively ordered the reinstatement of Commissioners Mary Boyle, Alexander Hoehn-Saric and Richard Trumka Jr. as the litigation progresses.

The Supreme Court majority pointed to its May emergency ruling greenlighting Trump's firing of members of two other independent agencies, saying the CPSC did not differ in “any pertinent respect.”

“Although our interim orders are not conclusive as to the merits, they inform how a court should exercise its equitable discretion in like cases,” the unsigned order reads.........

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