Trump Asks Supreme Court to Uphold His Firing of FTC Commissioner

A federal appeals court reinstated Rebecca Slaughter as a member of the Federal Trade Commission on Sept. 2.

Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter testifies before a Senate subcommittee in Washington on Nov. 27, 2018. Leah Millis/Reuters

President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Sept. 4 to let him fire Federal Trade Commission (FTC) member Rebecca Slaughter after a federal appeals court reinstated her two days before.

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 then reappointed in 2023 by President Joe Biden.