July 21, 2025
The Trump administration on Monday asked the D.C. Circuit to pause a Thursday order restoring a fired Federal Trade Commission Democrat's job, arguing that the ruling defies recent U.S. Supreme Court orders staying similar reinstatements at other independent agencies.
July 17, 2025
A D.C. federal judge ordered the restoration of a fired Federal Trade Commission Democrat's job Thursday, setting up a D.C. Circuit clash that could go to the U.S. Supreme Court on her conclusion that President Donald Trump violated a law permitting the termination of FTC members only for cause.
June 20, 2025
The Trump administration told a D.C. federal court the recent resignation of a fired Federal Trade Commission member strips the court of jurisdiction over his claims seeking to be reinstated, while the two Democrats argued the resignation has no impact.
June 09, 2025
Alvaro M. Bedoya, one of two Democratic Federal Trade Commission members fired by President Donald Trump, gave notice Monday of his formal resignation in order to pursue other work, but emphasized that he is not dropping his lawsuit against the president.
May 20, 2025
A pair of recently fired Federal Trade Commission members sparred with the administration in D.C. federal court on Tuesday, with the judge raising questions about which Supreme Court precedent really holds in this dispute.
April 29, 2025
A group of 21 Republican-led states and the Arizona Legislature are backing President Donald Trump's firing of two Democratic Federal Trade Commission members, telling the D.C. federal judge hearing the commissioners' case that the president has absolute authority over the commission.
April 24, 2025
The Trump administration has responded to a lawsuit challenging the recent firing of two Federal Trade Commission members, telling a D.C. federal court the president was exercising his constitutional authority to remove officials that help carry out his duties.
April 21, 2025
Law and economics professors have told a D.C. federal court that failing to reinstate the recently fired members of the Federal Trade Commission puts the independence of the Federal Reserve System at risk and threatens to hurt the economy.
April 18, 2025
Attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia filed an amicus brief Friday in D.C. federal court backing two fired Democratic Federal Trade Commission members, writing that President Donald Trump's actions violate federal law prohibiting their removal except for cause.
April 15, 2025
Most of the sitting Democrats in Congress have thrown their support behind a lawsuit challenging the president's recent firing of two Federal Trade Commission members, telling a D.C. federal court the commission is meant to be an independent bipartisan agency.