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Supreme Court Rejects New Bid to Let President Fire Agency Heads
The US Supreme Court turned away a fresh bid to put independent federal agencies under direct presidential control, as the justices steered clear of a fight with implications for the Federal Trade Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission.
The high court, without comment, refused to hear an appeal from Leachco Inc., an Oklahoma-based company seeking to stop a complaint being pressed by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Leachco contended the case was fundamentally flawed because the CPSC’s commissioners have job protections that insulate them from political accountability. The company argued in its appeal that the Constitution gives the president broad power to fire the heads of executive-branch agencies.
Leachco urged the Supreme Court to reconsider a 90-year-old ruling that paved the way for the independent agencies that now proliferate across the US government. The 1935 ruling, known as Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, upheld job protections enjoyed by FTC commissioners.
Overturning that ruling has become a top priority for anti-regulatory groups. The conservative-dominated Supreme Court, which has slashed regulatory power in other contexts, rejected a similar appeal in October.
www.bloomberg.com
The US Supreme Court turned away a fresh bid to put independent federal agencies under direct presidential control, as the justices steered clear of a fight with implications for the Federal Trade Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission.
The high court, without comment, refused to hear an appeal from Leachco Inc., an Oklahoma-based company seeking to stop a complaint being pressed by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Leachco contended the case was fundamentally flawed because the CPSC’s commissioners have job protections that insulate them from political accountability. The company argued in its appeal that the Constitution gives the president broad power to fire the heads of executive-branch agencies.
Leachco urged the Supreme Court to reconsider a 90-year-old ruling that paved the way for the independent agencies that now proliferate across the US government. The 1935 ruling, known as Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, upheld job protections enjoyed by FTC commissioners.
Overturning that ruling has become a top priority for anti-regulatory groups. The conservative-dominated Supreme Court, which has slashed regulatory power in other contexts, rejected a similar appeal in October.
Supreme Court Rejects New Bid to Let President Fire Agency Heads
The US Supreme Court turned away a fresh bid to put independent federal agencies under direct presidential control, as the justices steered clear of a fight with implications for the Federal Trade Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission.
www.bloomberg.com
