Rebecca Slaughter removed from the Federal Trade Commission

Date

Mar 18, 2025

Kind

Independent agency

Legal outcome

Upheld in court

Source

npr.org ↗

Agency or court

FTC

What happened

A lower court held the without-cause removal unlawful under Humphrey's Executor and ordered reinstatement; the reinstatement was stayed, and in June 2026 the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the firing was lawful.

Publisher

NPR

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