Summary
Donald Trump fired FTC Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, the agency’s only Democrats, prompting accusations of illegal action.
Both cited Supreme Court precedent protecting FTC commissioners from dismissal without cause. Bedoya warned Trump wants the FTC to serve corporate interests, while Slaughter said the administration fears accountability.
The 1935 Supreme Court ruling bars presidents from removing FTC commissioners arbitrarily.
Critics say the move undermines regulatory independence and eliminates opposition voices that could challenge Trump’s policies favoring major corporations.
okay, so, ‘bipartisan’ but the fiscal conservatives sided with the wild eyed fascists, because they always do that.
the thing is, there’s a split there. the fiscal conservative oligarch wall street coke fiends know the FTC exists to create a perception of stability, making america an appealing place to invest, and put your money, so they get more money.
the wild eyed fascists are rabid frothing ideaologues who just need somebody to hate. right now that’s ‘the government’.
It took me a second but I think you’re saying this is a factional thing within the GOP. Where the Christian fascists just wanted the FTC dead and they got Trump to listen to them?
more complicated than that, not exactly but overlapping with the christofascists, but yes.