President Donald Trump is now asking the members of the U.S. Supreme Court to allow him to proceed with the termination of three Consumer Product Safety Commission members. 

CBS News reports that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted the request, via an emergency application, to the Supreme Court last week.

This comes as the Supreme Court recently began its summer recess.

President Donald Trump filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court on July 2, asking the justices to let him fire three Biden appointees at the Consumer Product Safety Commission. pic.twitter.com/rlNARCNKB3

— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) July 3, 2025

Background

In case you missed it, it was back in May that Trump fired three individuals from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The Hill reported:

The three Democratic commissioners on the five-person panel are Richard Trumka Jr., Mary Boyle and Alexander Hoehn-Saric, who were all appointed by former President Biden and confirmed by the Senate. Trumka is the son of late AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.

These are three of the five individuals on the board. All of those who were fired were Democrats. The board, according to Just the News, "issues standards, recalls, and bans on products it deems a risk to consumers."

Those fired immediately indicated that they would challenge the move in the courts, and they did. Not long after that, these individuals managed to get a federal judge in Maryland to not only stop the firings but also order these individuals' reinstatement.

The judge wrote:

Depriving this five-member commission of three of its sitting members threatens severe impairment of its ability to fulfill its statutory mandates and advance the public's interest in safe consumer products. This hardship and threat to public safety significantly outweighs any hardship defendants might suffer from plaintiffs' participation on the CPSC.

Emergency application filed

Now, Trump and the DOJ are calling for the Supreme Court to step in.

It is unclear when the justices will decide the matter. It is also unclear how they will decide the matter.

CBS News notes that there may be some precedent in Trump's favor.

Per the outlet:

The justices in May cleared the way for Mr. Trump to remove without cause two members of two federal independent labor boards while legal fights over their terminations move forward. Over the dissent of the three liberal justices, the high court said in its unsigned decision that it "reflects our judgment that the government faces greater risk of harm from an order allowing a removed officer to continue exercising the executive power than a wrongfully removed officer faces from being unable to perform her statutory duty."

The DOJ is essentially trying to make a similar argument in this case. We will see if it is equally successful.