Trump shoots democratic on the Federal Trade Commission
On Tuesday, President Trump fired the two democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission, a refusal of the traditional independence of the company regulator who could clarify the way for the administration's agenda.The White House told the Democrats, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, that the president was interrupting their roles, according to the couple's statements. The FTC, which imposes consumer protection and antitrust laws, generally has five members, with the president of the president in possession of three seats and the opposing party two.The members of the FTC and other independent regulatory councils are protected from removal pursuant to a precedent of the 1935 Supreme Court which states that the president could not fire them exclusively for political disagreement...