US EditionSupreme Court Blocks FTC Commissioner Slaughter’s Reinstatement
The Supreme Court's temporary order halts the reinstatement of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, raising questions about presidential power over agency independence and regulatory stability.
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US Supreme Court halts reinstatement of FTC commissioner
The US Supreme Court on Monday stayed a district court order that would have reinstated Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter to her former position. The stay order halts enforcement of a district court’s July 17 ruling. Former FTC commissioners Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya were dismissed from their roles by President Donald Trump in March. Shortly after the dismissals, Slaughter and Bedoya filed a lawsuit seeking re…
Supreme Court Hands Victory To Trump In His Fight To Control ‘Independent’ Agencies
By Mary Mobley via The Daily Signal | September 08, 2025 The Supreme Court said Monday that President Donald Trump could fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission, marking a victory for Trump as he seeks to exert more control over so-called independent agencies. The order, issued by Chief Justice John Roberts, temporarily halted a lower court demand that the Trump administration reinstate the fired official—despite the official’s arguments t…
Supreme Court Hands Victory to Trump in His Fight to Control ‘Independent’ Agencies
The Supreme Court said Monday that President Donald Trump could fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission, marking a victory for Trump as he seeks to exert more control over so-called independent agencies. The order, issued by Chief Justice John Roberts, temporarily halted a lower court demand that the Trump administration reinstate the fired official—despite the official’s arguments that Trump violated federal law. Rebecca Kelly Slaughter…
Supreme Court blocks FTC commissioner Slaughter’s reinstatement
Rebecca Slaughter’s return-to-work orders have been put on hold for the second time this year, after the U.S. Supreme Court stepped in to block a lower court ruling that ordered her reinstatement at the Federal Trade Commission. Last week a lower court ruled that Slaughter had been illegally fired by President Donald Trump, citing a 90-year-old Supreme Court precedent upholding the FTC’s independence from the executive branch and preventing pres…
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Seong-min = On the 8th (local time), the U.S. Supreme Court effectively overturned a 90-year-old Supreme Court precedent and ruled that the president's independent federal agency...
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