Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates September 2026 No. 6 Vol. 29
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Amicus Curiae

Presidential Firing Power

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Amicus Curiae

The Chamber of Commerce is the world’s largest business federation, with more than 300,000 members. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 17, 2025. Congress may not bar the president from supervising the officers who exercise executive power on his behalf, including by the threat of removal. The statute purporting to restrict the president’s ability to remove Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioners is thus unconstitutional. The district court erred by enforcing that law to nullify the president’s “conclusive and preclusive” removal authority. — Trump v. United States…

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