Supreme Court allows Trump to remove FTC commissioner ahead of final ruling
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Oscar Gonzalez2025-09-23T20:42:00
The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily allowed President Trump to remove a Federal Trade Commission commissioner without cause on Monday. This will lead to a final court battle to determine if the president has the power to remove commissioners from a regulatory board that defies the rules established by Congress.
The emergency order issued by the court allowed Trump to keep Democrat FTC commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from returning to her position after being fired in March. There will be a hearing on the case in December to determine if the protections instituted for commissioners to protect them from these kinds of executive actions are allowed by the Constitution.
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