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Trump Seeks Supreme Court Stay on CPSC Commissioners' Reinstatement

Solicitor General D. John Sauer described the reinstatement as sowing dysfunction, urging the justices to review presidential removal authority next term.

A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 18, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
Signage is seen outside of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in Rockville, Md., August 31, 2020.
President Donald Trump speaks to the media before walking across the South Lawn of the White House to board Marine One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Md., and on to Florida, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Overview

  • President Trump fired CPSC commissioners Mary Boyle, Alexander Hoehn-Saric and Richard Trumka Jr. in May despite statutory "for-cause" removal protections and now seeks a Supreme Court stay on their reinstatement.
  • Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that the district court’s reinstatement order effectively transfers control of the commission to Biden-appointed members and disrupts executive authority.
  • A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week declined to halt Judge Matthew Maddox’s ruling, leaving the commissioners in place pending Supreme Court action.
  • This emergency petition is the administration’s 20th appeal to the Supreme Court and follows a May decision that allowed Trump to fire leaders at the NLRB and MSPB.
  • Congress created the CPSC as a five-member commission with staggered terms and partisan balance requirements to insulate consumer product safety oversight from White House influence.