"The court's action, known as an administrative stay, gives the justices additional time to consider Trump's formal request to let him fire Rebecca Slaughter from the consumer protection and antitrust agency prior to her term expiring. The stay was issued by Chief Justice John Roberts, who handles emergency filings arising in Washington, DC. Roberts has asked Slaughter to file a response by next Monday."
"The Justice Department made the request on Thursday after Washington-based US District Judge Loren AliKhan blocked Trump's firing of Slaughter. AliKhan ruled in July that Trump's attempt to remove Slaughter did not comply with removal protections in federal law. Congress put such tenure protections in place to give certain regulatory agencies a degree of independence from presidential control. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on September 2 upheld the judge's ruling in a 2-1 decision."
"In the week I was back at the FTC, it became even more clear to me that we desperately need the transparency and accountability Congress intended to have at bipartisan independent agencies, Slaughter said. An FTC spokesperson declined to comment. The lower courts ruled that the statutory protections shielding FTC members from being removed without cause conform with the US Constitution in light of a 1935 Supreme Court precedent in a case called Humphrey's Executor v United Sta"
The Supreme Court issued an administrative stay allowing Donald Trump to keep Democratic FTC commissioner Rebecca Slaughter away from her post while justices consider the administration's request to remove her. Chief Justice John Roberts granted the temporary pause and asked Slaughter to file a response by next Monday. The Justice Department sought emergency relief after US District Judge Loren AliKhan blocked the firing, finding the removal did not comply with federal tenure protections. The D.C. Circuit upheld that ruling in a 2-1 decision. Lower courts concluded the statutory protections conform with the Constitution under Humphrey's Executor.
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