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Democratic US FTC commissioners reply in support of summary judgment over firing

( May 5, 2025, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Counsel for Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya filed a reply in support of their motion for an expedited summary judgment in a lawsuit against President Donald Trump that challenges the administration's dismissal of them, saying the government is asking the court to brush aside a century of precedent, misconstrues the FTC’s authority, side-steps much of US history, and would overturn several Supreme Court decisions and invalidate two-dozen statutes adopted and adhered to by nearly every President and Congress over the last 150 years. Additionally, they said the outcome the government seeks would wreak havoc on the US Code without attempting to explain how the FTC Act’s removal protections — which have been in place for 111 years, through the service of 20 presidents — impede a president’s ability to “take Care that the laws be faithfully executed.”See attached file. ...

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