The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Trump to fire Rebecca Slaughter, the Biden-appointed FTC Commissioner.
BREAKING: #SCOTUS, 6-3, lets Trump sideline Biden appointee Rebecca Slaughter from Federal Trade Commission. #SCOTUS will also hear arguments in December on overruling Humphrey’s Executor, case that upheld Congressional limits on firing FTC members Doc: https://t.co/6SqD6Afz9e
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) September 22, 2025
Earlier this month a federal appeals court reinstated a Biden appointee to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) despite Trump’s previous attempt to fire her.
In March, President Trump fired both Democrat commissioners at the FTC.
“President Donald J. Trump is the head of the executive branch and is vested with all of the executive power in our government. I have no doubts about his constitutional authority to remove Commissioners, which is necessary to ensure democratic accountability for our government. The Federal Trade Commission will continue its tireless work to protect consumers, lower prices, and police anticompetitive behavior,” Andrew Ferguson, Chairman of the FTC, said in a statement.
“I wish Commissioners Slaughter and Bedoya well, and I thank them for their service,” he added.
Shortly after the firing, they both sued to get their jobs back.
In July, a federal judge rehired the Democrat FTC Commissioner who was fired by President Trump earlier this year.
US District Judge Loren AliKhan, a Biden appointee, said President Trump’s firing of Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, the Democrat FTC Commissioner, was illegal.
The Trump Administration promptly appealed the order.
Earlier this month, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, stacked with Obama judges, citing the century-old Supreme Court decision Humphrey’s Executor, ruled that Rebecca Slaughter can remain at her job after Trump fired her.
