Setting to challenge the very foundation of independent federal agencies, President Trump is taking the battle to restore presidential authority directly to the Supreme Court.
Trump has petitioned the Supreme Court to oust three Democrat commissioners from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
After a federal judge blocked Trump’s lawful firings, the administration has escalated the fight to ensure the executive branch maintains proper constitutional control over federal agencies that Biden stacked with partisans who operate without accountability to American voters.
The DOJ’s filing to the Supreme Court presents a compelling case for presidential authority, citing a May ruling that strongly affirmed executive power.
Trump’s legal team argued he has the constitutional right to fire independent agency board members who refuse to align with his administration’s priorities and America-first agenda.
The three Democrat commissioners, originally appointed by Biden for seven-year terms, were reinstated by U.S. District Judge Matthew Maddox after Trump fired them.
Maddox’s ruling referenced the outdated 1935 Humphrey’s Executor decision, which the administrative state has long used to shield unelected bureaucrats from presidential oversight.
U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer directly challenged Maddox’s ruling, asserting that the May Supreme Court decision “squarely controls this case.”
The administration is seeking immediate intervention from the high court, highlighting how the judge’s decision has created chaos within a crucial consumer protection agency.
The battle over the CPSC reveals the deeper struggle between presidential authority and the entrenched Washington bureaucracy.
Created in 1972, the commission requires a partisan balance among its five members, but Democrats have manipulated this structure to obstruct the current administration’s agenda to reduce regulatory burdens on American businesses.
Conservative legal experts have long argued that independent agencies should be accountable to the president as head of the executive branch.
This case could finally give the Supreme Court the opportunity to reconsider the outdated Humphrey’s Executor decision that has allowed the administrative state to operate with minimal accountability to the American people.
Furthermore, the Trump administration has already faced resistance from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, which denied a request to stay Judge Maddox’s order.
This pattern of judicial activism against presidential authority underscores the need for the Supreme Court’s intervention to restore constitutional balance.
Sauer emphasized that Judge Maddox “chose a different path—one that has sown chaos and dysfunction at the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and that warrants this Court’s immediate intervention.”
This case represents a critical moment for presidential authority and the constitutional separation of powers.
If a duly elected president cannot remove Biden-appointed commissioners, it signals a dangerous erosion of executive power and voter accountability.
The Supreme Court now has the opportunity to restore the proper constitutional balance and ensure that federal agencies remain responsive to the American people through their elected president.
