General Discussion

Amy Howe
Mod
10:15 AM
We have Slaughter and Cook, both from Roberts.
This is it.

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The vote in Slaughter is 6-3. Sotomayor dissents, joined by Jackson and Kagan.
Rory K. Little
Mod
10:16 AM
Ah, a pair. Funny how we all now await for Trump's reaction to today's work
Nora Collins
Mod
10:16 AM
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p…
Cook: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a312_5468.pdf

Slaughter: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-332_qn12.pdf
Amy Howe
Mod
10:16 AM
This was Rebecca Slaughter’s challenge to her removal from her position as a member of the Federal Trade Commission. Under federal law, the president could only remove her for “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office,” but he did not cite any of the grounds in firing her. The lower courts ordered Trump to reinstate Slaughter. They pointed to Humphrey’s Executor, a 1935 case in which the Supreme Court had upheld the FTC’s removal provision.
The court in Slaughter holds that the "for cause" removal provision for the FTC is contrary to the Constitution's separation of powers.
The court also overrules Humphrey's Executor.
Nina Howe-Goldstein
Mod
10:18 AM
“If anything more is left of Humphrey’s, the Court overrules it.”