WASHINGTON D.C., DC — The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to remove three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission , who had been fired by President Donald Trump and then reinstated by a federal judge.

The justices acted on an emergency appeal from the Justice Department, which argued that the agency is under Trump's control and the president is free to remove commissioners without cause.

That's what Trump did in May, providing no reason for removing all three Democratic commissioners on the five-person board, despite a federal law that allows commissioners to be fired only for “neglect of duty or malfeasance.”

The court provided a brief, unsigned explanation that the case is similar to earlier ones in which it allowed Trump to fi

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