Executive Summary
On June 29, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. Slaughter that statutory “for-cause” removal protections for Commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unconstitutionally impair the President’s authority over Executive policy-making functions of the U.S. Government. Slaughter provides new authority for the view that the similar protections afforded to Commissioners of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are likewise unconstitutional and unenforceable.
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