Trump v. Slaughter · ¶15

That split came to an abrupt end in March, when President Trump fired the two remaining Democratic Commissioners, Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya. He did not assert that they were “inefficien[t],” “neglect[ed]” their “dut[ies],” or committed “malfeasance in office,” as the statute required. §41. He instead told them that their “continued service on the FTC [was] inconsistent with [his] Administration’s priorities” and that they were removed from office “pursuant to [his] authority under Article II of the Constitution.” App. 28.

slip opinion, revised 7/07/26
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