The two plaintiffs say that a 1935 Supreme Court ruling sets a clear precedent: presidents cannot remove FTC commissioners except for reasons of “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.”
Trump’s statements earned a rare rebuke from U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who said that “impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision.”
“The second Trump administration has taken a chainsaw to the agency as a whole in an attempt to shutter it completely,” the lawsuit alleges.
“This outrageous effort to leave students behind and deprive them of a quality education is reckless and illegal,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said.
“Prior to her termination, Ms. Comans was an exemplary employee with absolutely no disciplinary history and had received ‘Achieved Excellence’ ratings for every year that she served as an SES,” the lawsuit says.
“Federal statute already prohibits any president from telling schools and colleges what to teach,” the American Federation of Teachers said. “And students have the right to learn without the threat of culture wars waged by extremist politicians hanging over their heads.”
“Target’s CEO Brian Cornell and its Board of Directors did not oversee or disclose the obvious risks of Target’s 2023 LGBT-Pride Campaign and the ESG/DEI initiatives which it advanced, but they told investors that they did,” the lawsuit says.
“This unconstitutional action forces nearly 600,000 Venezuelans and their families currently living in the U.S. with TPS protection into the untenable position of potentially being forced to return to a country experiencing one of the worst humanitarian crises in the history of the Western hemisphere,” the plaintiffs said in a joint statement.
“If served, we will vigorously defend our admission practice,” a University of California spokesperson said in a statement. “We believe this to be a meritless suit.”
“Neither the President nor any executive branch agency has the power to unilaterally enact, amend, or repeal any statue. This is as true of a statute appropriating funds as it is any other statute,” the lawsuit alleges.