Trump v. Slaughter · ¶73

With these principles in mind, this is not a close case. The FTC’s for-cause removal provision violates the separation of powers. In its present form, the FTC enforces and administers some 80 statutes, which cover almost every facet of our Nation’s economy. The tasks it undertakes are “the very essence of ‘execution’ of the law”—precisely the President’s constitutional role. Bowsher, 478 U. S., at 733.

slip opinion, revised 7/07/26
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