Even before the Supreme Court reached its decision in Trump v. Slaughter, the joke was that the decision would slaughter independent agencies. The opinion, issued earlier this week, has not eliminated them, but it has ended their independence. The facts of the case are political. When Donald Trump fired a Joe Biden–appointed member of the Federal Trade Commission, Rebecca Slaughter, she sued to recover her position, arguing that she was protected by statute from being removed, unless she had don