Trump asks Supreme Court to let him fire members of Consumer Product Safety Commission
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Fire Consumer Product Safety Officials
Above: A United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) logo is seen on a smartphone and the U.S. flag on a PC screen. Image copyright: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images
The Spin
Republican narrative
SCOTUS should grant Trump permission to fire these commissioners. Biden's appointees have shown hostility to Trump's agenda and thrown the agency into dysfunction, forcing staff to choose which directives to follow while undermining the acting chairman's authority.
Democratic narrative
Removing these commissioners at this time would severely impair the agency's ability to protect consumers. In addition, SCOTUS must stop ignoring the Humphrey precedent, and stop deferring to the Trump administration's emergency applications with so little time to consider them.