"The U.S. Supreme Court allowed Donald Trump on Monday to keep a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission away from her post for now, temporarily pausing a judicial order that required the reinstatement of the commissioner who the Republican president has sought to oust. 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 Slaughte r 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, D.C. Roberts asked Slaughter to file a response by next Monday. The Justice Department made the request on Thursday after Washington-based U.S. 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."
Chief Justice John Roberts issued an administrative stay allowing the Supreme Court extra time to consider the Justice Department's request to permit President Trump to remove FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter before her term expired. The request followed a ruling by U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan that the removal attempt violated statutory tenure protections, a decision the D.C. Circuit affirmed in a 2-1 ruling on September 2. Roberts asked Slaughter to file a response by next Monday. Slaughter said she intends to see the case through and argued that bipartisan independent agencies need transparency and accountability. The lower courts relied on Humphrey's Executor (1935).
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