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3 weeks agoD.C. Circuit Says Perlmutter Can Resume Register Role Pending Lawsuit Against Trump
D.C. Circuit allowed Register Shira Perlmutter to resume office pending litigation, finding the district court failed to consider unusual discharge actions and extraordinary circumstances.
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3 weeks agoCourts once again bend to Trump's will, upholding his power to fire a FTC commissioner because he thought she disagreed with his 'administration's priorities'
Chief Justice John Roberts let President Donald Trump remove a member of the Federal Trade Commission on Monday, the latest in string of high-profile firings allowed for now at the Supreme Court. Trump moved to fire Rebecca Slaughter in the spring, but lower courts ordered her reinstated after she sued because the law only allows commissioners to be removed for problems like misconduct or neglect of duty.
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1 month agoTrump fires Democratic member from transportation board just before it considers the largest railroad merger in history
Board member Robert E. Primus said on LinkedIn that he received an email from the White House Wednesday night terminating the position he has held since he was appointed by Trump in his first term. The vacancy would allow Trump to appoint two additional Republicans to the board before its decision on the Union Pacific- Norfolk Southern merger though the Senate would have to confirm them.
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