THE US SUPREME COURT is set to consider Rebecca Slaughter’s bid to regain her Federal Trade Commission post in a case that carries ramifications for presidential power and the legitimacy of the court’s use of history to justify major changes to US law, Robert Iafolla reports.
- The core question in the case scheduled for oral argument Monday is whether the Constitution allows Congress to impose limitations on the president’s authority to fire agency officials. The Constitution describes presidential appointment power but says nothing expressly about removal.
- History plays a role because many of the court’s conservative justices practice originalism, or ...