Supreme Court ducks decision on whether president has power to fire any top federal official
by David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times
Jun 22, 2018
2 minutes
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court sidestepped a constitutional dispute Thursday over the scope of the president's power to fire high-level federal employees.
Instead, by a 7-2 vote, the court ruled that administrative law judges who hear stock fraud cases at the Securities and Exchange Commission are "officers" of
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