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Trump’s firing of FTC Commissioner Slaughter ‘unlawful,’ US court says

By Khushita Vasant ( July 18, 2025, 00:17 GMT | Insight) -- President Donald Trump's firing of US Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter was "unlawful and without legal effect," a US federal judge said today while noting that the law on removal of FTC commissioners is clear. US District Judge Loren Alikhan said the Trump administration's attempt to remove Slaughter from her position as a commissioner didn't comply with the FTC Act’s removal protections, and those protections remain constitutional.President Donald Trump's firing of US Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter was "unlawful and without legal effect," a US federal judge said today while noting that the law on removal of FTC commissioners is clear....

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