“You’re fired!” is one of the most famous lines from reality television, originating with President Donald Trump’s former show, “The Apprentice.” But now that he’s in the White House, multiple lawsuits have prompted the Supreme Court to decide who to, and when, he can say that line within the federal bureaucracy.
Trump attempted to fire Rebecca Slaughter, a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), earlier this year but ran up against Congressional limits on his reasons for doing so. Arguing before the Supreme Court on Dec. 8, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that those limits intruded on Trump’s power over the executive branch.
