ToplineThe three remaining members of a bipartisan federal committee that helps states and local officials administer elections were fired by the White House on Thursday, a move that could impact the midterms just weeks after after the Supreme Court upended a 90-year-old precedent and allowed the president to remove independent federal agency officials.The firings are likely to impact the midterms elections.AFP via Getty ImagesKey FactsAccording to multiple outlets, the Election Assistance Commission’s two remaining Democratic Commissioners—Thomas Hicks and Benjamin W. Hovland—were fired by email.The agency’s sole Republican commissioner Christy McCormick was also asked to resign.The White House confirmed the firings and told NBC News that the ousted individuals will be “replaced,” without specifying a timeline as new appointments will need Senate approval.The emails sent to the two Democratic commissioners were signed by Morgan DeWitt Snow, the deputy director of the White House’s Office of Presidential Personnel, and informed them that their positions had been “terminated, effective immediately.”According to Votebeat, the agency’s fourth commissioner, Republican appointee Donald Palmer resigned from the agency earlier this year and joined the conservative Heritage Foundation.What Do We Know About The Supreme Court Ruling?Late last month, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of President Donald Trump, allowing him to fire Federal Trade Commissioner and Democratic appointee Rebecca Slaughter. The Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled 6-3 in favor of allowing Trump to fire the FTC commissioner and other officials of independent federal boards. The court decision overturned the Humphrey’s Executor v. United States case from 1935, in which the Supreme Court restricted the president’s ability to carry out such firings, to ensure that these committees remained independent and free from political interference.TangentThe move is likely to raise alarm about the White House’s potential interference in the upcoming midterms. President Donald Trump has repeatedly boosted false claims about various elections won by Democratic candidates. Most recently, the president baselessly claimed that Democrats were trying to “steal” the California primaries from two GOP candidates, Spencer Pratt and the GOP Gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton. Hilton progressed to the midterms alongside Democratic candidate Xavier Beccera, but Pratt came third and failed to progress in the LA mayoral race. Without sharing any evidence to back his allegations, Trump attacks “very late and massive numbers of” mail-in ballots, echoing his long-time opposition to voting by mail and false claims he has made about the 2020 elections. The president then claimed the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles was investigating the voting process. The president also continues to falsely claim that he won the 2020 presidential elections and pushed conspiracy theories about voting machines and voter fraud.further readingTrump fires Election Assistance Commission leaders (CNN)Trump ousts remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission ahead of midterms (NBC News)