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Air Force Major Jason Watson called for Trump and Vance’s impeachment — in uniform, on the Capitol steps, alone. Here’s why that’s a much bigger risk than it looks, and exactly what he could lose under military law. Major Watson—THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE!
![The case of Slaughter v. Trump began in March 2025, when Trump fired the last remaining Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, Rebecca Slaughter. Since 1935 the Supreme Court has said the president does not have the power to fire members of independent agencies created by Congress except for “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.” Although Trump himself initially appointed Slaughter, he claimed he fired her because her continued service on the independent commission was “inconsistent with [the] Administration’s priorities” and that he had the right to do so under the authority granted to him by Article II of the Constitution.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fq2eq7rqgdqbai7lforydsjo/bafkreidag7is23fkhe227pmhvzs5mxnaexmrmvro26alfvpj6hsbwn7die)
