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Trump’s attempt to fire FTC Democrat gets a boost from Supreme Court | John Roberts issuing stay means FTC Democrat has to leave her post again.
John Roberts issuing stay means FTC Democrat has to leave her post again.
Roberts set a September 15 deadline for Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, the Democrat who was fired from the FTC, to file a response to the government's motion for a longer-term stay. The key precedent in the case is Humphrey's Executor v. United States, a 1935 ruling in which the Supreme Court unanimously held that the president can only remove FTC commissioners for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. In a 2020 decision involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the court said in a footnote that its 1935 "conclusion that the FTC did not exercise executive power has not withstood the test of time."
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