One of the Democrats Trump unlawfully fired from the FTC is back

One of the Democrats Trump unlawfully fired from the FTC is back
One of the Democrats Trump unlawfully fired from the FTC is back

Alvaro Bedoya, then-commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), right, and Rebecca Slaughter, commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), left, during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, DC. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Four months after President Donald Trump defied Supreme Court precedent to remove two Democratic commissioners

from the Federal Trade Commission without cause, one of those commissioners is returning to work.

US District Court Judge Loren AliKhan called the attempted firing unlawful, finding that Rebecca Kelly Slaughter “remains a rightful member of the Federal Trade Commission” and that the president can only remove her for “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.” AliKhan ordered Republican FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson to provide Slaughter with “access to any government facilities, resources, and equipment necessary for her …

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