President Donald Trump filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court on July 2, asking the justices to let him fire three Biden appointees at the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The application in Trump v. Boyle, filed by Solicitor General D. John Sauer, was directed to Chief Justice John Roberts.
The legal filing is the president’s latest effort to remove political appointees at an independent federal agency whose appointees have traditionally been shielded from termination without cause.
The application comes after the Supreme Court, on May 22, formally blocked lower court rulings that prevented Trump from firing members of independent labor boards….
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow Him to Fire Consumer Product Safety Officials
