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Trump v. Slaughter

NCLA is disturbed by Congress’s flouting of the Constitution’s Separation of Powers by infringing the President’s absolute authority to remove Commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission. By limiting the President’s authority to remove Commissioners solely “for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office,” Congress improperly and unconstitutionally compels the President to act contrary to his judgment to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” This unconstitutional usurpation of the executive power, which Article II mandatorily vests in the President alone, not only violates the Separation of Powers but also ruptures our representative form of government. It does so by infringing Americans’ right to elect the Executive whose exercise of executive power remains accountable to the people.

Mark Chenoweth
President and Chief Legal Officer
Philip Hamburger
Chief Executive Officer
Margot Cleveland
Of Counsel
NCLA FILINGS

Brief Amicus Curiae of the New Civil Liberties Alliance in Support of Petitioners

October 17, 2025 | Read More

PRESS RELEASES

NCLA Asks SCOTUS to End Humphrey’s, Restore President’s Power to Remove Principal Officers

October 20, 2025 | Read More

IN THE MEDIA

7 Reasons SCOTUS Needs to Declare Humphrey’s Executor All Dead

NCLA Blog

October 24, 2025

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