President Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court on Sept. 16 to leave his firing of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) member Rebecca Slaughter intact after the high court temporarily upheld it 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.
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.
Solicitor General D. John Sauer said in a new brief filed on behalf of the president that the Supreme Court should leave the termination in place because the federal government is likely to demonstrate that the lower court that reinstated Slaughter “exceeded its remedial authority.”…
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Uphold His Firing of FTC Member
