SLAUGHTER et al v. TRUMP et al

  1. April 29, 2025

    Florida, 20 Other States Back FTC Commissioner Firings

    A group of 21 Republican-led states and the Arizona Legislature are backing President Donald Trump's firing of two Democratic Federal Trade Commission members, telling the D.C. federal judge hearing the commissioners' case that the president has absolute authority over the commission.

  2. April 24, 2025

    Administration Defends Right To Fire FTC Commissioners

    The Trump administration has responded to a lawsuit challenging the recent firing of two Federal Trade Commission members, telling a D.C. federal court the president was exercising his constitutional authority to remove officials that help carry out his duties.

  3. April 21, 2025

    Academics Say FTC Firings Threaten Fed, Economic Stability

    Law and economics professors have told a D.C. federal court that failing to reinstate the recently fired members of the Federal Trade Commission puts the independence of the Federal Reserve System at risk and threatens to hurt the economy.

  4. April 18, 2025

    Democratic AGs Say Trump Illegally Fired FTC Commissioners

    Attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia filed an amicus brief Friday in D.C. federal court backing two fired Democratic Federal Trade Commission members, writing that President Donald Trump's actions violate federal law prohibiting their removal except for cause. 

  5. April 15, 2025

    Dems Back Ex-FTC Commissioners In Firing Suit

    Most of the sitting Democrats in Congress have thrown their support behind a lawsuit challenging the president's recent firing of two Federal Trade Commission members, telling a D.C. federal court the commission is meant to be an independent bipartisan agency.

  6. April 11, 2025

    FTC Democrat Members Seek Quick Win In Trump Firing Suit

    Recently fired Federal Trade Commission Democrat members Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro M. Bedoya on Friday asked a D.C. federal court for an expedited summary judgment ruling in their case challenging their removals, arguing that President Donald Trump's attempted firings run afoul of decades-old precedent and the FTC Act.

  7. March 27, 2025

    FTC Democrats Sue To Undo Trump's 'Unlawful' Firing

    Recently fired Federal Trade Commission members Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro M. Bedoya challenged their terminations Thursday in D.C. federal court, arguing President Donald Trump violated "bedrock, binding precedent" permitting their removal only for cause.