Trump Fires Democratic FTC Commissioners

“President Donald Trump fired Democratic Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter on Tuesday. In so doing, Trump is ignoring a 90-year-old Supreme Court precedent that restricts the removal of commissioners to “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office,” which could make the terminations illegal.”

https://reason.com/2025/03/19/trump-fires-democratic-ftc-commissioners

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