Trump Asks Supreme Court to Uphold His Firing of FTC Member

The high court made a temporary order on Sept. 8 allowing the firing of Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter while litigation plays out.

Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter participates in a privacy roundtable at CES 2020 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Jan. 7, 2020. David Becker/Getty Images

President Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court on Sept. 16 to leave his firing of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) member Rebecca Slaughter intact after the high court temporarily upheld it last week.

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 was then reappointed in 2023 by President Joe Biden.