WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with how much power the president should have to fire the head of an independent agency, a question important to future presidents of both parties. The high court heard arguments in a case involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency Congress created in response to the 2008 financial crisis. The agency was the brainchild of Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, and arguments took place as voters in 14 states were deciding whom they want to nominate to take on President Donald Trump in the next presidential election. At the Supreme Court, Trump’s administration argued that the president should be able to fire the CFPB’s head for any reason. It was unclear from arguments how the court might rule, but the case seemed to divide the court’s liberal and conservative members, with Chief Justice John Roberts’ vote key to the outcome. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s most recent appointee to the court, suggested existing restrictions on the president’s ability to fire the head of the CFPB were “troubling” because they meant that a new president could be saddled with a CFPB director appointed in the previous administration. “The next president in 2021 or… Read full this story
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