NEW: SCOTUS majority says Trump can ignore precedent if the majority doesn't like it.
A 90-year-old precedent meant nothing to the majority allowing Trump to fire an FTC commissioner during litigation. This is no way to run a court, let alone a country.
Tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-trump-precedent-humphreys-executor-ftc
Chris Geidner
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