President Trump took his fight to fire Federal Trade Commission (FTC) leaders without cause to the Supreme Court on Thursday, a move that could prompt the justices to overrule a key precedent blessing removal protections at the agency for decades.

Trump’s bid to fire Rebecca Slaughter, a Democrat appointed to the FTC in 2018, comes as part of the administration's broader effort to eviscerate restrictions that provide certain agencies with a degree of independence from the White House.

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