The court said that FTC commissioners may not be fired by a president without cause, saying that the law on this point has been clear for nearly a century.

Ruling for the Trump administration would have to defy “repeatedly preserved Supreme Court precedent,” the court writes.

Win for Rebecca Slaughter as court rules commissioners may not be dismissed by a president without cause

The court said that FTC commissioners may not be fired by a president without cause, saying that the law on this point has been clear for nearly a century.

Trump admin "has no likelihood of success on appeal," appeals court finds.

President Donald Trump in March removed two Democratic commissioners from their posts at the Federal Trade Commission.

The Justice Department has asked the Supreme Court to allow President Donald Trump to fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission without cause, a challenge to a 90-year-old…