The Supreme Court's conservative majority on Monday signaled it may permit President Donald Trump to fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission without cause in a blockbuster case that could reshape the balance of powers and topple a 90-year-old legal precedent. Justices heard nearly three hours of arguments in the case, centered on the legality of Trump's firing of Rebecca Slaughter — a Democrat on the Federal Trade Commission — who was terminated by the president without cause and years before the end of her term. Slaughter had sued, citing protections under the Humphrey's Executor, a 193...

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