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Open Markets Institute says US president does not have absolute removal power

( November 14, 2025, 18:05 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Open Markets Institute told the US Supreme Court that the government’s argument for the president having unlimited power to fire anyone in the executive branch runs directly counter to the plain text of the Constitution and longstanding practice and would open the door to potentially extreme abuses of power. OMI argues that Congress has possessed and exercised the power to restrict the president’s removal authority since the founding. “Given that it was not unconstitutional for Congress to restrict the President’s removal powers in 1790, it likewise was not unconstitutional when it did so once again in the [Federal Trade Commission] Act in 1914. This court should be skeptical of the petitioners’ claim that the President has newfound powers that did not exist for the past 230 years,” OMI said.See attached file. ...

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