Federal Trade Commission Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya speak during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 13, 2023. (Shuran Huang for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
A district court reinstated Slaughter, and then through the appeals process, Slaughter was re-fired, re-hired, and then re-fired once again on Monday. After an appellate court allowed her to return to work on Sept. 2, she did so right away, even sharing on social media multiple dissents she has authored in the days since her return.
Trump's decision to fire Slaughter and the other Democrat-appointed commissioner, Alvaro Bedoya, stood in tension with the FTC Act, which says commissioners should only be fired from their seven-year tenures for cause, such as malfeasance.
The Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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While the Supreme Court has let Trump's firings at other independent agencies proceed temporarily while the lawsuits play out in the lower courts, Slaughter's case has presented the most blatant question yet to the justices about whether they plan to overturn Humphrey's Executor. Legal scholars have speculated that the current conservative-leaning Supreme Court has an appetite to reverse or narrow that decision.
Ashley Oliver is a reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business, covering the Justice Department and legal affairs. Email story tips to ashley.oliver@fox.com.
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