After Trump v. Slaughter: The Election Commission Is Empty, the SEC and FTC Are All-Republican, and Lisa Cook Faces a For-Cause Hearing
On 29 June 2026 the Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 in Trump v. Slaughter that the President can remove members of the Federal Trade Commission at will. It overruled Humphrey’s Executor, the 1935 case that let Congress protect commissioners of independent agencies …