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Back to EpisodesLegal Speak Presents "The Supreme Court Brief Spotlight" - Bill Kovacic
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Over the past few weeks, Legal Speak has featured a series of interviews from our sister podcast, "Supreme Court Brief."
In this final installment, Supreme Court Brief host Jimmy Hoover interviews Bill Kovacic, a former chairman of the Federal Trade Commission during the late Bush and early Obama administrations. Kovacic speaks with Jimmy about the "disappointing" aspect of a Supreme Court hearing in Trump v. Slaughter about whether President Donald Trump should be allowed to fire members of so-called "independent agencies" like the FTC.
The case centers around Trump's purported firing of Democratic FTC member Rebecca Slaughter. It could spell the end of roughly a century of Supreme Court precedent upholding removal restrictions for members of multi-member government commissions.
Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith
Special Guest Host: Jimmy Hoover
Guest: Bill Kovacic
Producer: Charles Garnar