Supreme Court Allows Trump to Fire FTC Member for Time Being

The Supreme Court on Sept. 8 temporarily allowed President Donald Trump to fire Federal Trade Commission (FTC) member Rebecca Slaughter after a federal appeals court reinstated her last week. Slaughter, formerly chief counsel to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), was first appointed by Trump in 2018 to a seat reserved for Democrats on the FTC and was then reappointed in 2023 by President Joe Biden. Chief Justice John Roberts issued an administrative stay pausing a July 17 ruling by U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan, who ruled that Slaughter’s termination was illegal. An administrative stay gives the justices extra time to fully consider the case....