Supreme Court Rejects New Bid to Let President Fire Agency Heads

The US Supreme Court turned away a fresh bid to put independent federal agencies under direct presidential control, as the justices steered clear of a fight with implications for the Federal Trade Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission.

The high court, without comment, refused to hear an appeal from Leachco Inc., an Oklahoma-based company seeking to stop a complaint being pressed by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Leachco contended the case was fundamentally flawed because the CPSC’s commissioners have job protections that insulate them from political accountability. The company argued in its appeal that the Constitution gives the ...