SUPREME COURT CONSERVATIVES POISED TO BACK TRUMP IN FTC FIRING CASE

Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled on Monday they will uphold the legality of Donald Trump's firing of a Federal Trade Commission member and give a historic boost to presidential power while also imperiling a 90-year-old legal precedent.

The justices heard about 2-1/2 hours of arguments in the Justice Department's appeal of a lower court's decision that the Republican president exceeded his authority when he moved to dismiss Democratic FTC member Rebecca Slaughter in March before her term was set to expire. The court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, has backed Trump in a series of cases since he returned to the presidency in January.

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