WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Peter Welch issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Senate Finance Committee, today released the following statement on the Supreme Court's rulings in Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v. Cook. In the former, the Court gave the President power to fire the heads of independent agency without cause:
"The Supreme Court's ruling in Trump v. Slaughter is a dangerous expansion of presidential power. The conservative Court just gave him a green light to fire once-independent regulators at will. These agencies and leadership positions were specifically designed by Congress to stand independently in order to avoid political interference. This decis...