Supreme Court Lets Trump Fire Consumer Product Safety Regulators

The New York Times ^ | July 23, 2025Updated 5:55 p.m. ET | Adam Liptak and Zach Montague

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The court’s order was the latest in a series of emergency rulings on the scope of the president’s power over independent agencies.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed President Trump to fire the three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, a five-member group that monitors the safety of items like toys, cribs and electronics.

The court’s brief order was unsigned, which is typical when the justices act on emergency applications, though the court’s three liberal justices dissented. The order cited as its reasoning a previous decision involving the leaders of two other independent agencies, who the court ruled in May could be removed by Mr. Trump in a similar fashion, at least temporarily.

The order is not the last word in the case, which is pending in an appeals court and may return to the justices.

In a series of rulings since the start of Mr. Trump’s second term, the Supreme Court has almost without exception given him broad leeway to exercise control over the executive branch, including by firing officials despite a federal law limiting his authority to do so.

The Supreme Court has been chipping away at a 90-year-old precedent that allowed Congress to shield the leaders of independent agencies from politics by making it hard to fire them. In response to an emergency application in late May, the Supreme Court let Mr. Trump remove, for now, the leaders of two other agencies: Cathy A. Harris, a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, and Gwynne A. Wilcox, a member of the National Labor Relations Board.

The order on Wednesday echoed what the majority concluded then: that Mr. Trump could remove officials who exercised power on his behalf “because the Constitution vests the executive...”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cpsc; democrats; productsafety; scotus

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Oh, Boy! Here we go!

Enemy Media reporting on babies in non-fire-retardant ‘Onesies’ going up in flames in...3...2...1!

*SMIRK*

[stanne]

The Supreme Court lets…[the President do something he was elected to do under his authority as President. An equal branch]

The NYT is crazy

[JZelle]

Lets, allows. FU

[pollywog]

In a series of rulings since the start of Mr. Trump’s second term,

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" MR. " Trump???????

How disrepectful! SAY PRESIDENT Trump you filthy Journalists!!!!!!!

[Jim Robinson]

May be an oversimplification on my part but I think all persons in the executive branch ultimately report to the Chief Executive Officer per the United States Constitution. And I don’t think the government can pass a ‘Federal law’ to change that. Independent agency, my arse.

[PGalt]

HOORAY USSC!

[j.havenfarm]

You silly. It’s right there in the article: the U.S. government has four branches - The Legislative Branch, the Judicial Branch, the Exectuive Branch, and “Independent Agencies” Branch

[TheDon]

Better title?

“Supreme Court Blocks Federal Judge, Clears Way for Trump to Fire 3 Democrats from Consumer Product Safety Commission”

[Texas Fossil]

Well said.

[JohnBovenmyer]

If the other side did this and that resulted such onesies fire would be written of as Kate term abortions.

[airborne]

It took some searching, because the Slimes didn't say, but all three were Biden appointees.

[No name given]

My thoughts exactly.

[from occupied ga]

The Supreme Court lets...

I thought the same when I saw it. The old grey whore just can't help itself and the garbage that works there show their bias in everything they write.

As an aside I really hope they enjoy their lives in "the city" under their logical candidate for mayor, Commie Mamdani.

Escape from New York might turn out to be prophetic.

[from occupied ga]

Supreme Court Blocks Federal Judge

Supreme Court Blocks Rogue Federal Judge

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Yep. :(

[SuperLuminal]

More accurately:
"Supreme Court Lets Trump Replace Consumer Product Safety Regulators With Americans"

[clutzyfuzzy]

What were the current ones doing to get fired? It shouldn’t be political, would not surprise me if the people fired made it that way.

[Elsie]

Lets?