Fired Democratic FTC commissioners are suing Trump
Two Federal Trade Commission members who were fired this month have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, arguing on Thursday that the decision violated a long-established legal precedent preventing political firings.
On March 18, Democratic Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter received an email from the White House stating that they were fired, effective immediately and without any legal cause. In the email, President Donald Trump said their 바카라 게임 웹사이트continued service on the FTC is inconsistent with my Administration바카라 게임 웹사이트s priorities,바카라 게임 웹사이트 according to the lawsuit.
A held that the president cannot fire FTC commissioners without cause. The fired commissioners argue that their terminations violate this 바카라 게임 웹사이트binding precedent.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s firing of the commissioners raised immediate concerns that the administration was undermining and weakening independent watchdogs and regulators in Washington. In a scathing critique in March following the firings, Bedoya said 바카라 게임 웹사이트the president wants the FTC to be a lapdog for his golfing buddies.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Removal protections are in a number of independent agencies like the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s email to the commissioners echoed 바카라 게임 웹사이트nearly word-for-word바카라 게임 웹사이트 President Franklin Roosevelt바카라 게임 웹사이트s contested message in the 1935 Humphrey바카라 게임 웹사이트s Executor v. United States case, according to the lawsuit.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The President바카라 게임 웹사이트s action is indefensible under governing law,바카라 게임 웹사이트 the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said.
In a Thursday, FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson reiterated that Trump had the constitutional authority to 바카라 게임 웹사이트remove commissioners from agencies that wield substantial executive power.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트My Democrat former colleagues are entitled to their day in court, but I have no doubt that President Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s lawful powers will ultimately be confirmed,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said in the statement.
The lawsuit wants the commissioners reinstated to finish their terms. Slaughter바카라 게임 웹사이트s term was supposed to end in 2029, and Bedoya바카라 게임 웹사이트s term was due to expire in 2026.
Trump, Ferguson, Republican FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak and FTC Executive Director David Robbins were named as defendants in the suit.
President Joe Biden had nominated Ferguson, a Republican, to serve as commissioner in 2023, and the lawsuit noted he told the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation that if confirmed, 바카라 게임 웹사이트I will abide by (the) binding Supreme Court precedent.바카라 게임 웹사이트
But after Slaughter and Bedoya바카라 게임 웹사이트s firings, Ferguson said in a on social media that he has 바카라 게임 웹사이트no doubts바카라 게임 웹사이트 about Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s 바카라 게임 웹사이트constitutional authority to remove Commissioners, which is necessary to ensure democratic accountability for our government.바카라 게임 웹사이트
