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Nothing Left to Stop Billionaires 'running wild' after Trump ruling: fired FTC official
Rebecca Slaughter
Slaughter was an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Sidley Austin before entering federal service.[7] She served as a longtime policy counsel to Senator Chuck Schumer of New York before accepting the appointment to a Democratic seat on the Federal Trade Commission in 2018 during the first Trump presidency.[8] In this capacity, she filled the seat left vacant by Edith Ramirez.[9] Slaughter prioritized broader enforcement measures related to artificial intelligence and data privacy.[10][11]
Slaughter was nominated by President Joe Biden for a second term as commissioner on February 13, 2023.[12] Shortly after her appointment to the seat, she gave birth to her third child, making her the first woman to give birth while serving on the FTC.[8] Slaughter was considered for the role of permanent agency chair under President Biden, but the position instead went to Lina Khan.[13]
Removal
Main article: Trump v. Slaughter
Slaughter was fired by President Donald Trump on March 18, 2025 along with the other Democratic commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, in violation of the precedent set by Humphrey's Executor v. United States.[1][14] Slaughter stated: "The President illegally fired me from my position as a Federal Trade Commissioner, violating the plain language of a statute and clear Supreme Court precedent".[1]
On July 17, 2025, Slaughter was reinstated to her position by Judge Loren AliKhan of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.[2][15] On July 22, that decision was temporarily stayed by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.[16] On September 2, the court of appeals allowed the district court's decision to take effect, ruling in a 2-1 decision that a president may not fire an FTC commissioner without cause.[17] On September 8, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily stayed the lower court's decision, following a September 4 request from the Trump administration asking that he be permitted to remove the commissioner.[3][18] On June 29th, 2026, the Supreme Court upheld her removal in Trump v. Slaughter.[19][20][21][22]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Kelly_Slaughter
Slaughter was an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Sidley Austin before entering federal service.[7] She served as a longtime policy counsel to Senator Chuck Schumer of New York before accepting the appointment to a Democratic seat on the Federal Trade Commission in 2018 during the first Trump presidency.[8] In this capacity, she filled the seat left vacant by Edith Ramirez.[9] Slaughter prioritized broader enforcement measures related to artificial intelligence and data privacy.[10][11]
Slaughter was nominated by President Joe Biden for a second term as commissioner on February 13, 2023.[12] Shortly after her appointment to the seat, she gave birth to her third child, making her the first woman to give birth while serving on the FTC.[8] Slaughter was considered for the role of permanent agency chair under President Biden, but the position instead went to Lina Khan.[13]
Removal
Main article: Trump v. Slaughter
Slaughter was fired by President Donald Trump on March 18, 2025 along with the other Democratic commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, in violation of the precedent set by Humphrey's Executor v. United States.[1][14] Slaughter stated: "The President illegally fired me from my position as a Federal Trade Commissioner, violating the plain language of a statute and clear Supreme Court precedent".[1]
On July 17, 2025, Slaughter was reinstated to her position by Judge Loren AliKhan of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.[2][15] On July 22, that decision was temporarily stayed by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.[16] On September 2, the court of appeals allowed the district court's decision to take effect, ruling in a 2-1 decision that a president may not fire an FTC commissioner without cause.[17] On September 8, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily stayed the lower court's decision, following a September 4 request from the Trump administration asking that he be permitted to remove the commissioner.[3][18] On June 29th, 2026, the Supreme Court upheld her removal in Trump v. Slaughter.[19][20][21][22]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Kelly_Slaughter
Jacob Hirsch Soboroff (born 1983) is an American journalist. He is known as a correspondent for NBC News and MS NOW. Prior to his debut on the network in September 2015, he was the host of YouTube Nation[1] and a co-host of TakePart Live on Pivot TV. He was also a founding host and producer of HuffPost Live, the live streaming network of HuffPost, and he additionally serves as a weekday and weekend fill-in and substitute anchor for Today and NBC Nightly News. In June 2026 he debuted his new show on MS NOW named Connect with Jacob Soboroff.
Bennito L. Kelty is an award-winning journalist at Raw Story. He covered the U.S.-Mexico borderlands in Arizona and later homelessness, immigration and politics for Denver Westword. A graduate of the University of Missouri Journalism School, he now lives in Aurora, Colorado.