The Supreme Court on Monday said in a brief order it will consider expanding President Donald Trump’s ability to change personnel working for independent agencies in a case related to the firing of a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission.

The case centers around Rebecca Slaughter, who was briefly reinstated to the FTC by lower courts after she was fired by Trump in March.

She, along with another Democratic commissioner who was fired, have challenged their dismissals from independent agencies. The two commissioners were relying on a 1935 Supreme Court case, Humphrey’s Executor v. United States , which also involved an FTC commissioner.

Slaughter briefly returned to the FTC earlier this month after a divided appeals court reinstated her. The judges argued Trump was overste

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