The ruling allows the president to remove the sole Democratic official on the Federal Trade Commission, an independent body set up by Congress.

President Trump has tested his ability to remove leaders of agencies set up to be protected from arbitrary firings.

The Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump to remove Rebecca Slaughter as a member of the Federal Trade Commission while the justices consider her case.

The justices said they will consider whether to overrule a landmark Supreme Court precedent that has limited the president’s ability to fire top officials at the agency.

Decision means Rebecca Slaughter remains barred from her post at the Federal Trade Commission for the time being.

Court grants justice department request to block judge’s order that shielded Rebecca Slaughter from being dismissed

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to revisit a 90-year precedent on removing independent regulators, as President Donald Trump's firing of FTC commissioner moves forward.

The ruling allows the president to remove the sole Democratic official on the Federal Trade Commission, an independent body set up by Congress.