How to Use multimember in a Sentence

multimember

adjective
  • The agencies are run by bipartisan, multimember commissions that serve staggered terms.
    Justin Jouvenal The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 9 Dec. 2025
  • In 1935, a unanimous Supreme Court had upheld these multimember boards and commissions.
    Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • The Supreme Court upheld these multimember commissions in 1935 on the grounds their work was more legislative and judicial than simply enforcing the law.
    Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • More than 200 Democrats in Congress argued that multimember boards that are protected from at-will removal represent a longstanding compromise between the legislative and executive branches that should not be upset by the judicial branch.
    CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Amit Agarwal, Slaughter's attorney, argued that the FTC's removal protections were consistent with the separation of powers, saying that Congress has long created independent agencies guided by multimember commissions.
    Justin Jouvenal The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 9 Dec. 2025
  • In its 1935 decision in Humphrey's Executor, the Supreme Court recognized an exception to the president's removal power and said Congress could impose removal restrictions for multimember agencies with quasi-legislative or quasi-judicial powers, like the FTC.
    CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025

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