Record #6108
Following Trump v. Slaughter, the so-called independent commissions (FTC, SEC, FEC) will no longer have commissioners from the party out of power - presidents will staff them only with their own party's appointees
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Occurrence 1 of 1 · source record #6108 Verdict (Ted Cruz) · Understanding the Historic Supreme Court Victories & Losses this Week
Original quoteI think the consequence of this decision as you're not going to see minority commissioners from the party out of power. You will see the independent agencies operate much like the rest of the executive
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Prediction time2026-07-01
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Episode published2026-07-01
FirmnessLoose
TopicOther
Resolve byopen
Boldness55 · Notable
How the call settles
No new minority-party commissioners are seated at the FTC, SEC or FEC; minority-party seats are left vacant
Our reasoning
Pending. It will be judged only by this stored rule: No new minority-party commissioners are seated at the FTC, SEC or FEC; minority-party seats are left vacant Deadline or event: open.