Chief Justice John Roberts allowed President Trump to temporarily remove Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter despite legal protections requiring cause for dismissal.

The decision continues Trump’s pattern of firing independent agency board members, with the Supreme Court previously permitting similar removals at other agencies.

The case challenges a 90-year precedent protecting federal agencies from arbitrary presidential control, signaling the conservative court may abandon those protections.

WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday let President Trump remove a member of the Federal Trade Commission, the latest in a string of high-profile firings allowed for now by Supreme Court.

Trump first moved to fire Rebecca Slaughter in the spring, but she sued and lower

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