The dispute raised separation of powers concerns arising from the president's ability to remove members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a conservative challenge to job protections for the leaders of the federal consumer product safety watchdog in a case that would have given the justices a chance to reassess a 1935 precedent that limits a president's ability to fire certain agency heads.

The Supreme Court announced Monday it won’t take up a case that could have delivered another blow to federal agencies. Two conservative groups sought to challenge the structure of the Consumer

The conservative court declined to take a case that could have led to the weakening of limits on a president's power to fire some federal agency leaders.