Trump v. Slaughter · ¶151

In 2018, President Trump nominated, and the Senate unanimously confirmed, Democrat Rebecca Slaughter to serve as an FTC Commissioner. In 2024, Slaughter was reconfirmed to serve a second term. In January 2025, soon upon assuming office, President Trump exercised his statutory authority to designate Andrew Ferguson as the new FTC Chair, 15 U. S. C. §41, and (as is customary) the former Chair who had served under President Biden resigned her seat. At that point, the FTC was split down the middle with two Democratic and two Republican Commissioners.

slip opinion, revised 7/07/26
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