President Donald Trump fired Democratic Federal Trade Commission commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter on Tuesday, according to CNBC. The FTC is among several independent agencies where members can only be dismissed for good cause. A 1935 U.S. Supreme Court ruling upheld a law restricting the firing of FTC commissioners to cases of good cause, such as neglect of duty. This decision protects independent, bipartisan agencies from direct White House control. The decision could face legal challenges, testing the limits of presidential authority over regulatory bodies.
