Trump v. Slaughter · ¶153

Slaughter sued, and the District Court granted her motion for summary judgment, holding that “the law on the removal of FTC Commissioners is clear” under Humphrey’s and prohibits Slaughter’s removal without cause. 791 F. Supp. 3d 1, 6 (DC 2025). The Court of Appeals denied the Government’s request for a stay, holding it “highly unlikely to succeed on appeal because th[e] exact question” presented in this case “was already asked and unanimously answered by the Supreme Court adversely to the government’s position 90 years ago in Humphrey’s Executor.” 2025 WL 2551247, *2 (CADC, Sept. 2, 2025). This Court, however, granted a stay and then certiorari before judgment, permitting Slaughter’s removal. 606 U. S. 1051 (2025). Today, the FTC has only two remaining Commissioners.

slip opinion, revised 7/07/26
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