Trump v. Slaughter · ¶75

Second, the FTC not only investigates businesses to ensure they comply with its statutes and rules, 15 U. S. C. §§43, 46(a), 49, but enforces those statutes and rules through in-house adjudications. Indeed, it may even place the onus on a private party to comply with its orders—on pain of monetary penalties—before the case reaches the courts. See §45(g)(2). This power, too, is executive. Seila Law, 591 U. S., at 219 (discussing the ability to “unilaterally issue final decisions” in “administrative adjudications”).

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