SLAUGHTER et al v. TRUMP et al

  1. April 15, 2025

    Dems Back Ex-FTC Commissioners In Firing Suit

    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.

  2. April 11, 2025

    FTC Democrat Members Seek Quick Win In Trump Firing Suit

    Recently fired Federal Trade Commission Democrat members Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro M. Bedoya on Friday asked a D.C. federal court for an expedited summary judgment ruling in their case challenging their removals, arguing that President Donald Trump's attempted firings run afoul of decades-old precedent and the FTC Act.

  3. March 27, 2025

    FTC Democrats Sue To Undo Trump's 'Unlawful' Firing

    Recently fired Federal Trade Commission members Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro M. Bedoya challenged their terminations Thursday in D.C. federal court, arguing President Donald Trump violated "bedrock, binding precedent" permitting their removal only for cause.