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FTC firings take spotlight in Trump’s fight to erase independence of agencies
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The Supreme Court has temporarily allowed President Donald Trump to fire numerous Democrat-appointed members of independent agencies, but one case still moving through the legal system carries the greatest implications yet for a president’s authority to do that.
In Slaughter v. Trump, a Biden-appointed member of the Federal Trade Commission has vowed to fight what she calls her «illegal firing,» setting up a possible scenario in which the case lands before the Supreme Court.
The case would pose the most direct question yet to the justices about where they stand on Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, the nearly century-old decision regarding a president’s power over independent regulatory agencies.
John Shu, a constitutional law expert who served in both Bush administrations, told Fox News Digital he thinks the high court is likely to side with the president if and when the case arrives there.
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The Supreme Court is photographed, Feb. 28, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
«I think it’s unlikely that Humphrey’s Executor survives the Supreme Court, at least in its current form,» Shu said, adding he anticipates the landmark decision will be overturned or «severely narrowed.»
What is Humphrey’s Executor?
Humphrey’s Executor centered on President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s decision to fire an FTC commissioner with whom he disagreed politically. The case marked the first instance of the Supreme Court limiting a president’s removal power by ruling that Roosevelt overstepped his authority. The court found that presidents could not dismiss FTC commissioners without a reason, such as malfeasance, before their seven-year terms ended, as outlined by Congress in the FTC Act.
However, the FTC’s functions, which largely center on combating anticompetitive business practices, have expanded in the 90 years since Humphrey’s Executor.
«The Federal Trade Commission of 1935 is a lot different than the Federal Trade Commission today,» Shu said.
He noted that today’s FTC can open investigations, issue subpoenas, bring lawsuits, impose financial penalties and more. The FTC now has executive, quasi-legislative and quasi-judicial functions, Shu said.
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If the Supreme Court’s decision to temporarily allow two labor board members’ firings is any indication, the high court stands ready to make the FTC less independent and more accountable to Trump.
In a 6-3 order, the Supreme Court cited the «considerable executive power» that the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board have, saying a president «may remove without cause executive officers who exercise that power on his behalf.»
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U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts attends inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via REUTERS)
The order did not mention Humphrey’s Executor, but that and other moves indicate the Supreme Court has been chipping away at the 90-year-old ruling and is open to reversing it.
The case of Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya gets closest to the heart of Humphrey’s Executor.
Where does Slaughter’s case stand?
Slaughter enjoyed a short-lived victory when a federal judge in Washington, D.C., found that Trump violated the Constitution and ruled in her favor on July 17.
She was able to return to the FTC for a few days, but the Trump administration appealed the decision and, on July 21, the appellate court paused the lower court judge’s ruling.
Judge Loren AliKhan had said in her summary judgment that Slaughter’s case was almost identical to William Humphrey’s.
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Rebecca Slaughter, commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, July 13, 2023. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«It is not the role of this court to decide the correctness, prudence, or wisdom of the Supreme Court’s decisions—even one from ninety years ago,» AliKhan, a Biden appointee, wrote. «Whatever the Humphrey’s Executor Court may have thought at the time of that decision, this court will not second-guess it now.»
The lawsuit arose from Trump firing Slaughter and Bedoya, the two Democratic-appointed members of the five-member commission. They alleged that Trump defied Humphrey’s Executor by firing them in March without cause in a letter that «nearly word-for-word» mirrored the one Roosevelt sent a century ago.
Bedoya has since resigned, but Slaughter is not backing down from a legal fight in which Trump appears to have the upper hand.
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«Like dozens of other federal agencies, the Federal Trade Commission has been protected from presidential politics for nearly a century,» Slaughter said in a statement after she was re-fired. «I’ll continue to fight my illegal firing and see this case through, because part of why Congress created independent agencies is to ensure transparency and accountability.»
Now a three-judge panel comprising two Obama appointees and one Trump appointee is considering a longer-term pause and asked for court filings to be submitted by July 29, meaning the judges could issue their decision soon thereafter.
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The Trump administration’s battle with Democrat-controlled jurisdictions and their sanctuary polices suffered a blow on Friday when a federal judge in Chicago dismissed a case challenging their legality.
Judge Lindsay Jenkins of the Northern District of Illinois, a President Biden appointee, granted the defendants’ motion for dismissal, ruling that the city’s ordinances are lawful protections not subject to federal enforcement mandates.
The Trump Justice Department, in a February filing, accused the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago of unlawfully interfering with President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration as it aims to carry out mass deportations.
U.S. District Judge Lindsay Jenkins in Illinois has dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit that sought to block Chicago’s limits on cooperation between local police and federal immigration authorities. (Getty; U.S. Senate)
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Sanctuary cities or sanctuary policies limit co-operation between local officials and law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. The Trump administration has long railed against the measures, arguing they make such areas a haven for criminal illegal immigrants and contribute to increased crime.
The Justice Department alleges these laws violate the U.S. Constitution’s «Supremacy Clause» under the Tenth Amendment, which states that federal law preempts state and local laws that may conflict with it.
But Jenkins rejected the argument, ruling that states retain significant powers not explicitly granted to the federal government.
«Finding that these same Policy provisions constitute discrimination or impermissible regulation would provide an end-run around the Tenth Amendment,» the judge wrote. «It would allow the federal government to commandeer States under the guise of intergovernmental immunity — the exact type of direct regulation of states barred by the Tenth Amendment.»
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, along with other federal law enforcement agencies, attend a pre-enforcement meeting in Chicago, Illinois on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. ( Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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The Chicago City Council passed an ordinance in 2012 that stops city agencies and employees from getting involved in civil immigration enforcement or helping federal authorities with such efforts. The Illinois legislature passed a similar state law, known as the TRUST Act, in 2017.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said he was pleased with the decision and that the city is safer when police focus on the needs of Chicagoans.
«This ruling affirms what we have long known: that Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance is lawful and supports public safety. The City cannot be compelled to cooperate with the Trump Administration’s reckless and inhumane immigration agenda,» he said in a statement.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, left, said he was pleased with the decision and that the city is safer when police focus on the needs of Chicagoans. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images, left, and Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images, right.)
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The Trump administration has sued several jurisdictions over their sanctuary policies, including a filing this week against New York City. The administration has also sued several New Jersey cities, as well as Los Angeles.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the federal government was left with no choice but to protect New Yorkers by filing the suit.
«If New York’s leaders won’t step up to protect their citizens, we will,» she wrote on X.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it will resume airdrops of aid to Gaza Saturday night while disputing claims of deliberate starvation as the hunger crisis escalates amid its ongoing campaign against Hamas.
The IDF said in a statement Saturday the airdrop operation will be conducted in coordination with international aid organizations, Israel’s Coordination for Government Activities in the Territories and the Israeli Air Force.
«The airdrops will include seven pallets of aid containing flour, sugar, and canned food to be provided by international organizations,» the IDF said in a statement.
Designated humanitarian corridors will also be established «to enable the safe movement of U.N. convoys delivering food and medicine to the population,» according to the IDF.
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Preparations for Saturday night’s aid drop in Gaza. (Israel Defense Forces)
«The IDF is prepared to implement humanitarian pauses in densely populated areas and will continue to operate to dismantle terrorist infrastructure and eliminate terrorists in the areas of activity,» the IDF said. «This week alone, over 250 aid trucks were unloaded, joining hundreds of trucks waiting at the crossings to be collected by the U.N. and international organizations.»
Approximately 600 trucks of aid have also been distributed by the U.N. and other international organizations, Israel said.
Palestinians gather to receive food from a charity kitchen Friday. (Reuters/Dawoud Abu Alkas)
Israel has also connected its power line to Gaza’s desalination plant.
«This is expected to supply approximately 20,000 cubic meters of water per day, up from the 2,000 cubic meters supplied until now, to serve about 900,000 residents in the area,» according to the IDF.
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The IDF said the reports about starvation in Gaza were a false campaign promoted by Hamas, but hunger is spreading across the region after the United Nations and the IDF previously failed to reach an agreement about aid distribution, Fox News’ Trey Yingst reported.
Palestinians vie for food from a charity kitchen during a hunger crisis in Gaza City July 14, 2025. (Reuters/Mahmoud Issa/File Photo)
Price gouging and disagreements about how to get aid to citizens are making the crisis worse.
The U.N. is warning of increased malnutrition and starvation in the area.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called the situation in Gaza a «horror show» this week «with a level of death and destruction without parallel in recent times.»
«Responsibility for food distribution to the population in Gaza lies with the U.N. and international aid organizations,» the IDF said. «Therefore, the U.N. and international organizations are expected to improve the effectiveness of aid distribution and to ensure that the aid does not reach Hamas.»
Pallets of humanitarian aid ready to be dropped in Gaza. (Israel Defense Forces)
The U.S. State Department this week addressed expanding Israeli strikes in Gaza, saying the Trump administration is focused on negotiating a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
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«Our focus has been to stop that war, to stop the fighting, to have a ceasefire,» spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said this week. «It is at the top of our mind as we work still to stop this carnage.»
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Israel reanudó los lanzamientos aéreos de ayuda a la Franja de Gaza y habilitará corredores humanitarios
El Ejército de Israel reanudó este sábado los lanzamientos aéreos de ayuda humanitaria hacia la Franja de Gaza durante la noche y anunció la creación de corredores humanitarios para facilitar el transporte seguro de convoyes de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) con alimentos y medicinas. Según el comunicado emitido por las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI), la primera tanda de entregas incluyó siete palés con harina, azúcar y alimentos enlatados provistos por organizaciones internacionales.
La institución militar publicó en Telegram que se “efectuó un lanzamiento de ayuda humanitaria con paracaídas como parte del esfuerzo por permitir y facilitar la entrada de ayuda a la Franja de Gaza”.
La medida tiene lugar en un contexto de creciente crisis humanitaria en Gaza debido a la aguda escasez de alimentos, medicamentos y productos básicos, una situación que según organizaciones internacionales ha generado graves riesgos de desnutrición infantil y mortalidad por hambre.
El ejército israelí informó que la decisión, adoptada tras una evaluación de la situación la tarde del sábado, forma parte “de sus esfuerzos para permitir y facilitar la entrada de ayuda a Gaza y refutar la falsa afirmación de hambruna deliberada en la Franja”. La operación de entrega aérea se desarrolla en coordinación con organismos internacionales y con el COGAT (organismo dependiente del Ministerio de Defensa de Israel encargado de la gestión civil en los territorios palestinos).
Las FDI notificaron que “la asistencia humanitaria designada permitirá el movimiento seguro de los convoyes de la ONU que entregan alimentos y medicamentos y cabe la posibilidad de declarar pausas humanitarias en zonas pobladas para facilitar la ayuda”.
Además de los lanzamientos aéreos, el ejército confirmó la reconexión de una línea eléctrica entre Israel y una planta de desalinización en Gaza, con lo que se ha incrementado la producción diaria de agua hasta los 20.000 metros cúbicos.
El comunicado detalla que las FDI “están preparadas para implementar pausas humanitarias en zonas densamente pobladas y continuarán operando para desmantelar la infraestructura terrorista y eliminar a los terroristas en las áreas de actividad”. A pesar de estas medidas, el ejército sostiene que “las operaciones de combate en el enclave no han cesado”.
Las FDI argumentan que “no hay hambruna en Gaza” y describen como “campaña falsa promovida por Hamas” las denuncias de las agencias de la ONU y organizaciones internacionales sobre la situación alimentaria. El ejército remacha que “la distribución de alimentos recae en la ONU y las organizaciones internacionales de ayuda”, y llama a estos organismos a mejorar la eficacia de la distribución y a evitar que la ayuda llegue a manos de organizaciones armadas.
Por su parte, el COGAT indicó que el sábado había 600 camiones a la espera de ser descargados por las organizaciones internacionales, mientras que el ejército israelí insiste en que “Israel no limita el número de camiones que entran a la Franja de Gaza”, y atribuye a las agencias humanitarias la responsabilidad de retirar la ayuda ya despachada en los cruces.
El jefe de la Agencia de la ONU para los Refugiados Palestinos (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, calificó este sábado como “ineficaz” la reanudación de los lanzamientos aéreos de ayuda humanitaria en Gaza frente a la magnitud de la catástrofe. Lazzarini señaló en su cuenta de X que “el lanzamiento aéreo no pondrá fin al hambre que se agrava. Es costoso, ineficaz y puede inclusive matar a civiles hambrientos”. Para el director de la agencia, el hambre en Gaza solo puede resolverse “por la voluntad política” y llamó a que la ONU intervenga “a gran escala y sin obstáculos”.
El viernes, un responsable israelí confirmó a la AFP que los lanzamientos de ayuda humanitaria por vía aérea serían coordinados por Emiratos Árabes Unidos y Jordania. El propio Reino Unido anunció que trabajará con Jordania para lanzar ayuda por vía aérea sobre Gaza y evacuar niños con necesidades médicas urgentes, de acuerdo a una declaración del primer ministro británico Keir Starmer.
La situación sobre el terreno en Gaza se ha deteriorado desde el endurecimiento del bloqueo impuesto por Israel a inicios de marzo, que ocasionó una escasez “grave” –según fuentes humanitarias– de alimentos, medicamentos y otros suministros esenciales. A finales de mayo, Israel alivió parcialmente las restricciones. Organizaciones internacionales denuncian desde hace meses obstáculos para responder a la crisis, afirmando que continúan enfrentando presiones y restricciones para acceder a la población necesitada y distribuir la ayuda.
El ejército israelí rechaza estas acusaciones, manteniendo que los organismos internacionales y la ONU deben hacerse cargo de la recolección y distribución eficaz de la ayuda, mientras el enclave palestino sigue enfrentando una emergencia humanitaria creciente.
(Con información de AFP, EFE y EP)
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