Trump Hails High Court Win on Executive Power (Connecting the Dots: Rebecca Slaughter, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Sidley Austin LLP, Chiquita Brands International, U.S. Department of Justice, Eric Holder, Covington & Burling LLP, John Bolton & The Carnegie/Soros Network)
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Newsmax Wires | Monday, 29 June 2026 11:31 AM EDT
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-supreme-court-ftc/2026/06/29/id/1261197/
President
Donald Trump on Monday celebrated what he called a landmark Supreme Court
victory after the justices expanded presidential authority to remove leaders of
independent federal agencies.
"BIG
WIN just moments ago at the Supreme Court, in the Slaughter Case, confirming
Presidential Power in our Country to remove Executive Branch Officers and
Agency Appointees, or Representatives, under Article II," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The
president called the 6-3 ruling "Historic and Unprecedented," adding
that it was "one of the most important ever given with respect to
Presidential Powers."
"It
is such an Honor to be the sitting President who won this Historic and
Unprecedented Ruling," Trump wrote. "Thank you for your attention to
this matter!"
The
Supreme Court ruled that Trump lawfully fired Democrat
Federal Trade Commission
Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter,
overturning the court's landmark 1935 decision in Humphrey's Executor v. United
States, which had limited a president's ability to remove leaders of certain
independent agencies without cause.
According
to Reuters, the ruling invalidates statutory tenure protections for FTC
commissioners enacted by Congress more than a century ago and significantly
broadens presidential authority over executive branch officials.
The
case stemmed from Trump's March 2025 dismissal of Slaughter, whom he removed
over policy differences.
Lower
federal courts had blocked the firing, relying on the 1935 precedent that
allowed Congress to shield certain independent agency officials from removal
except for reasons such as neglect of duty or malfeasance.
The
Supreme Court reversed those decisions, concluding that Article II of the
Constitution gives the president greater authority to supervise and remove
executive branch officers.
The
ruling represents a major victory for advocates of the "unitary
executive" theory, a constitutional doctrine embraced by the Trump
administration that holds the president possesses broad authority over the
executive branch and should be able to remove agency officials who exercise
executive power.
Reuters
noted the court emphasized that its decision should not be interpreted as
affecting the independence of the Federal Reserve, which the justices described
as having a unique historical status.
The FTC
is one of more than two dozen independent federal agencies whose leaders have
traditionally enjoyed statutory protection from removal without cause.
The
decision could have broad implications for agencies including the National
Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board.
During
oral arguments, the court's liberal justices warned that expanding presidential
removal authority could weaken Congress' intent to have independent experts
oversee important areas such as financial regulation, labor policy, and
consumer protection.
The
conservative majority, however, sided with the Trump administration's argument
that the modern FTC exercises substantial executive authority and therefore
falls under the president's constitutional power to oversee the executive
branch.
The
decision marks one of the most significant Supreme Court rulings on
presidential power in decades and delivers another major legal victory for
Trump's administration.
Connecting
the Dots:
Rebecca Slaughter was the commissioner for the Federal
Trade Commission (FTC) and an associate at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was an
intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin was
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Cameron F. Kerry is
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, John F. Kerry’s brother
and a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Newton N. Minow is
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago and an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation
of New York.
Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Ted Lieu was honored with
the Carnegie
Corporation of New York's Great Immigrants Award,
has represented California's 36th congressional district in the United
States House of Representatives since 2023 and is a member of
the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Astrid S. Tuminez was a program officer at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah
Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement.
Cyrus
F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and a member of the Commercial Club
of Chicago.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Cameron F. Kerry is
a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) John F.
Kerry’s brother and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Rebecca Slaughter was an associate at Sidley
Austin LLP and the commissioner for the Federal Trade Commission
(FTC).
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was an
intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin was
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Cameron F. Kerry is
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, John F. Kerry’s brother
and a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Newton N. Minow was
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago and an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation
of New York.
Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Rebecca Slaughter was an associate
at Sidley Austin LLP and the commissioner for the Federal
Trade Commission (FTC).
Mark A. Angelson was
a partner at Sidley Austin LLP and a director at Human
Rights First.
James D. Zirin is
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and was a director at Human
Rights First.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for Human
Rights First.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society and William D. Zabel was his divorce lawyer.
William D. Zabel was a trustee at the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, George Soros’s divorce lawyer and
is the chair for the Human Rights First.
Binta N. Brown is
a director at Human Rights First and a partner at Kirkland
& Ellis LLP.
John R. Bolton was
of counsel at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, the national security
adviser for the Donald Trump's first Administration and an
associate at the Washington, D.C. office of Covington & Burling LLP.
David F. Hamilton was
a summer intern at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and a canvasser
for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).
Sidley Austin
LLP was a legal adviser for the Association of Community
Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).
Association
of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) was the
plaintiff in ACORN vs. Illinois State Board of Elections.
Barack Obama was
the attorney for ACORN vs. Illinois State Board of Elections, the
president of the Barack Obama administration and an intern at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Rebecca Slaughter was an associate at Sidley
Austin LLP and the commissioner for the Federal Trade Commission
(FTC).
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission
The Federal
Trade Commission (FTC) is an
independent agency of the United States government whose principal mission is
the enforcement of civil (non-criminal) antitrust law and the promotion of
consumer protection. It shares jurisdiction over federal civil antitrust law
enforcement with the Antitrust Division of the U.S.
Department of Justice.
The FTC is headquartered in the Federal Trade Commission Building in
Washington, D.C.
Eric H. Holder Jr. was the
attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for
the Barack Obama administration, Chiquita Brands
International, Inc. was his client, a board member for the American
Constitution Society and a partner at Covington & Burling LLP.
John R. Bolton was an associate at the Washington, D.C. office of Covington
& Burling LLP, of counsel at Kirkland &
Ellis LLP and the national security adviser for the Donald
Trump's first Administration.
Covington
& Burling LLP is the lobby firm for Chiquita Brands
International, Inc.
USA:
Chiquita Brands names new chairman and CEO, and COO
Cincinnati-based
fruit and vegetable producer Chiquita Brands
International, has announced the appointments of Cyrus
F. Freidheim, Jr, as
chairman of the board and CEO, and Robert W. Fisher, a former president of Dole
Food Co, as acting COO. Steven G. Warshaw, who successfully led the company
through the difficult bankruptcy reorganization process, has resigned as
president, CEO and as a director of the company.
March
21, 2002
https://www.just-food.com/news/usa-chiquita-brands-names-new-chairman-and-ceo-and-coo/
Cyrus
F. Freidheim Jr. is CEO of Chiquita Brands International, an
honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and received his MBA from Carnegie
Mellon University.
Teresa Heinz
Kerry is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), Cameron F. Kerry’s sister-in-law, married
to John F. Kerry and a life trustee at Carnegie Mellon
University.
Andrew Carnegie was
the endowed predecessor schools for the Carnegie Mellon University
and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement.
Newton N. Minow was
an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation of New York, a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a senior counsel
at Sidley Austin LLP.
Cameron F. Kerry is
a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), John F.
Kerry’s brother, Teresa Heinz Kerry’s brother-in-law
and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Rebecca Slaughter was an associate at Sidley
Austin LLP and the commissioner for the Federal Trade Commission
(FTC).
Mark A. Angelson was
a partner at Sidley Austin LLP and a director at Human
Rights First.
James D. Zirin is
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and was a director at Human
Rights First.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for Human
Rights First.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society and William D. Zabel was his divorce lawyer.
William D. Zabel was a trustee at the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, George Soros’s divorce lawyer and
is the chair for the Human Rights First.
Binta N. Brown is
a director at Human Rights First and a partner at Kirkland
& Ellis LLP.
John R. Bolton was
of counsel at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, the national security
adviser for the Donald Trump's first Administration and an
associate at the Washington, D.C. office of Covington & Burling LLP.
Covington
& Burling LLP is the lobby firm for Chiquita Brands
International, Inc.
USA:
Chiquita Brands names new chairman and CEO, and COO
Cincinnati-based
fruit and vegetable producer Chiquita Brands
International, has
announced the appointments of Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr, as chairman of the board and CEO,
and Robert W. Fisher, a former president of Dole Food Co, as acting COO. Steven
G. Warshaw, who successfully led the company through the difficult bankruptcy
reorganization process, has resigned as president, CEO and as a director of the
company.
March
21, 2002
https://www.just-food.com/news/usa-chiquita-brands-names-new-chairman-and-ceo-and-coo/
Cyrus
F. Freidheim Jr. is CEO of Chiquita Brands International, an
honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and received his MBA from Carnegie
Mellon University.
Teresa Heinz
Kerry is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), Cameron F. Kerry’s sister-in-law, married
to John F. Kerry and a life trustee at Carnegie Mellon
University.
Andrew Carnegie was
the endowed predecessor schools for the Carnegie Mellon University
and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement.
Newton N. Minow was
an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation of New York, a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a senior counsel
at Sidley Austin LLP.
Cameron F. Kerry is
a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), John F.
Kerry’s brother, Teresa Heinz Kerry’s brother-in-law
and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Rebecca Slaughter was an associate at Sidley
Austin LLP and the commissioner for the Federal Trade Commission
(FTC).
R. Eden Martin was
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Cyrus
F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), received
his MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and CEO of Chiquita Brands
International.
US
court orders banana company Chiquita Brands International to stand trial for
allegedly financing paramilitary death squads in Colombia
15 Mar
2023
Author:
Earthrights International
"U.S.
COURT ORDERS CHIQUITA TO STAND TRIAL FOR COLOMBIANS’ MURDER CLAIMS", 15
March 2023
...[F]ederal
judge Kenneth Marra of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of
Florida ordered the banana company Chiquita Brands
International to
stand trial for illegally financing paramilitary death squads in Colombia,
allowing 17 victims’ families to present their cases to a jury in January of
2024.
“After
nearly 16 years of litigation, this is a historic advance toward justice for
these families,” said Marco Simons, General Counsel at EarthRights
International, which represents several of the plaintiffs now proceeding to
trial. “Chiquita funded death squads that murdered thousands of people, and
while they admitted to a federal crime, they have never provided any
compensation to the families who were shattered by their illegal and abhorrent
conduct.”
For
nearly a decade in the 1990s and early 2000s, Chiquita Brands International
made regular payments to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC),
totaling more than $1.7 million. In turn, AUC death squads engaged in a
campaign of violence against communities in Colombia’s banana-growing regions,
including trade unions, political opponents, and Indigenous advocates. In 2001,
the U.S. government classified the AUC as a terrorist organization...
In
March 2007, Chiquita pled guilty to a federal crime for funding the AUC and
paid a $25 million fine to the U.S. government. Shortly thereafter, in July
2007, EarthRights filed a federal class action lawsuit on behalf of victims of
the AUC. Since then, the suit has been proceeding alongside several other suits
filed against Chiquita...
Carl H. Lindner
Jr. was the chairman for Chiquita Brands International, Inc.,
and a co-founder for the United Dairy Farmers, Inc.
farm subsidies is a program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Ramona E. Romero is the general counsel for the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) and was a director at
the American Constitution Society.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the American
Constitution Society.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations.
Eric H. Holder Jr. was
a board member for the American Constitution Society, Chiquita
Brands International was his client, the attorney general at the U.S.
Department of Justice for the Barack Obama administration,
his client, a partner at Covington & Burling LLP.
John R. Bolton was
an associate at the Washington, D.C. office of Covington & Burling LLP,
of counsel at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and the national
security adviser for the Donald Trump's first Administration.
Covington
& Burling LLP is the lobby firm for Chiquita Brands
International, Inc.
Carl H. Lindner
Jr. was the chairman for Chiquita Brands International, Inc.,
and a co-founder for the United Dairy Farmers, Inc.
farm subsidies is a program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Ramona E. Romero is the general counsel for the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) and was a director at
the American Constitution Society.
Daniel R.
Glickman was the agriculture secretary at the U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA) for the William J. Clinton
administration and is a director of the Congressional Program for the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
farm subsidies is
a program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Horizon
Organic Dairy is a recipient from the farm subsidies program.
Leonard A. Lauder is
part-owner of the Horizon Organic Dairy and a trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute
(think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a supporter
for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank) and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Lester Crown was
a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank),
is James
S. Crown’s father and a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
James S.
Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), Lester
Crown’s son and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Cyrus
F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), received
his MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and CEO of Chiquita Brands
International.
Cameron F. Kerry is
a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), John F.
Kerry’s brother, Teresa Heinz Kerry’s brother-in-law
and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Rebecca Slaughter was an associate at Sidley
Austin LLP and the commissioner for the Federal Trade Commission
(FTC).
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was an
intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin was
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Cameron F. Kerry is
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, John F. Kerry’s brother
and a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Newton N. Minow was
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago and an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation
of New York.
Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Rebecca Slaughter was an associate
at Sidley Austin LLP and the commissioner for the Federal
Trade Commission (FTC).
Resources:
Past Research
Trump
Asks Supreme Court to Uphold His Firing of FTC Commissioner (Connecting the
Dots: Rebecca Slaughter, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Yale University,
Sidley Austin LLP, Barack Obama & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Rebecca Slaughter & The Federal
Trade Commission (FTC))
Friday,
September 5, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/09/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-uphold-his.html
Sen.
Warren Presses Amazon on Algorithmic Pricing for Schools (Connecting the Dots:
Senator Elizabeth Warren, Ganesh Sitaraman, The Center for American Progress,
Amazon, HUD, The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, The Urban Institute, The U.S.
Department of Education & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on the Carnegie Corporation New York)
Thursday,
March 12, 2026
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/03/sen-warren-presses-amazon-on.html
Supreme
Court Scales Back Roundup Cancer Lawsuits (Connecting the Dots: Bayer, The U.S.
Supreme Court, The EPA, The FDA, The Monsanto Company & The Carnegie/Soros
Network) (Past Research on Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr.)
Saturday,
June 27, 2026
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/06/supreme-court-scales-back-roundup.html
Border
Surge: Obama Admin. Expands Program To Bring Central Americans to the U.S. (Past Research on Association of Community Organizations
for Reform Now (ACORN))
Wednesday,
July 27, 2016
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/07/border-surge-obama-admin-expands.html
John
Bolton to Newsmax: Trump an Aberration; I'll Be Proven Right (Connecting the
Dots: John Bolton, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Human Rights First, Sidley Austin
LLP, Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc, Export-Import Bank of the US & Soros
Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Association
of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), John Bolton, Kirkland &
Ellis LLP & Human Rights First)
Friday,
January 17, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/01/john-bolton-to-newsmax-trump-aberration.html
Firing,
hiring and a mystery: The 225-year-old Library of Congress has never had a
moment like this (Connecting the Dots: James H. Billington, Carla Hayden, The
Library of Congress & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past
Research on the Carnegie Mellon University)
Sunday,
May 31, 2026
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/05/firing-hiring-and-mystery-225-year-old.html
State’s
Schools Brace For Milk Carton Shortage (Connecting the Dots: USDA, Dairy, Milk,
Chiquita, Clinton, Obama & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Chiquita)
Friday,
November 10, 2023
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/11/states-schools-brace-for-milk-carton.html
Minneapolis-Area
Hotels Shut Down Over Safety Issues (Connecting the Dots: Hilton, Crown Family,
Commercial Club of Chicago, Aspen Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota & Soros
Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Lester
Crown)
Monday,
January 26, 2026
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/01/minneapolis-area-hotels-shut-down-over.html
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