The lawsuit sets up a potential showdown regarding presidential authority as it relates to independent agencies.
Whats extraordinary about that is that there was no cause given, he said.
None of those were provided in the dismissal of Bedoya or Slaughter.
Federal Trade Commission Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter (L) and Alvaro Bedoya (R) sit behind FTC Chair Lina Khan© Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Instead, the termination letters stated the commissioners service at the FTC was inconsistent with the Trump administrations priorities.
By firing the commissioners, the President is engaging in an illegal attempt to strip Congress of its power.
The consequences are not abstract.
They are not theoretical.
But it has implications beyond the agency.
Heres the key thing, though.
Its not just us that have this language, Bedoya said.
It matters to the Federal Reserve, the Securities and Exchange Commission, any number of other agencies.
Thats when I realized theyre not just trying to remove us.
Theyre trying to break precedent for everyone, he said.
As Davidson pointed out, it has implications for the Federal Reserve and other agencies, too.
It will likely have at least a couple of sympathetic justices should its challenge reach the highest court.
Justice Neil Gorsuch joined that opinion.
They can obey and stay or they can not and see what happens to them.
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