Dispute over Trump firing of Dem FTC commissioner lands at SCOTUS
President Donald Trump's removal of Rebecca Slaughter, a Democratic member of the Republican-majority Federal Trade Commission, is now under review by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday issued a temporary administrative stay of lower court orders that Slaughter should be allowed to remain on the job pending litigation over the lawfulness of her termination. The justices are considering whether to take up the case.
Slaughter contends her firing is illegal.
Congress created the five-member FTC in 1914 with members appointed to seven-year terms and removable only for cause. Trump fired Slaughter purely at his discretion, arguing the law is an unconstitutional infringement on executive authority.

A landmark high court decision from 1935 — Humphry's Executor — upheld the constitutionality of the FTC removal provision; however, many of the current justices have indicated the ruling should be overturned.
--ABC News' Devin Dwyer






