The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed President Trump to fire members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
In a 6-3 vote, the justices reversed the decision of a lower-court judge who had reinstated the three – Mary Boyle, Alexander Hoehn-Saric and Richard Trumka Jr., all Biden appointees.
As NBC News reported, the Supreme Court in May allowed the president to fire members of the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board, casting aside precedent dating back to 1935 that upheld removal protections.
The unsigned order on Wednesday said that the latest case was “squarely controlled” by what the high court decided then.
Justice Elena Kagan was again on the losing end of the ruling, commenting, “Once again, this court uses its emergency docket to destroy the independence of an independent agency, as established by Congress.”
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is meant to protect consumers from defective products.