The Supreme Court on Sept. 22 temporarily upheld President Donald Trump’s authority to fire Federal Trade Commission (FTC) member Rebecca Slaughter.
The decision came in an unsigned order. Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.
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. Trump fired Slaughter earlier this year. In a letter explaining the decision, the White House said keeping her in place would be inconsistent with the Trump administration’s priorities.
The Supreme Court ordered that oral argument will take place in the case on a date to be determined in December.
Chief Justice John Roberts had issued an administrative stay on Sept. 8, pausing until further notice a July 17 ruling by U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan. The judge ruled that Slaughter’s termination was unlawful because it was barred by a 1935 precedent.
In the new order, the court said it will hear arguments in December about whether the precedent, known as Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, should be overturned.
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