redstate.com By Susie Moore
It’s flown a bit under the radar with all of the other news of the day, but the Supreme Court handed President Trump and his administration a second win on Monday, albeit a temporary one: In the case styled Slaughter v. Trump, regarding the removal of independent agency leaders, Chief Justice John Roberts issued an administrative (temporary) stay of a district court order granting summary judgment in favor of plaintiff Rebecca Slaughter, who challenged her March 2025 removal as a commissioner from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Slaughter and another commissioner, Alvaro Bedoya, both filed suit to challenge their removal. However, in June, Bedoya notified the court he was resigning from his position as FTC commissioner so that he could pursue other (gainful) employment. In July, Judge Loren AliKhan (a Biden appointee) issued an order dismissing Bedoya’s claims without prejudice (as moot) and granting summary judgment in favor of Slaughter and enjoining the defendants “from removing Ms. Slaughter from her lawful position as an FTC Commissioner or otherwise interfering with Ms. Slaughter’s right to perform her lawful duties as an FTC Commissioner until the expiration of her term or unless she is lawfully removed by the President for “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office” pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 41.”
The administration appealed to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and sought a stay of Judge AliKhan’s order. While the D.C. Circuit initially entered an administrative (temporary) stay, on September 2, it denied the administration’s motion for stay pending appeal and ordered the administrative stay dissolved.
The administration then filed an application for stay with the Supreme Court on September 4, and the court then issued an order administratively staying the case today (Monday).
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