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Florida, other states say Trump lawfully removed US FTC members

( April 28, 2025, 20:51 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Florida, 20 other states and the Arizona Legislature submitted an amicus brief arguing that President Donald Trump lawfully removed US Federal Trade Commission members Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from their posts. "Plaintiffs Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro M. Bedoya challenge President Trump’s authority to remove them from their presidentially appointed positions as Commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”)," the states wrote in their brief opposing Slaughter and Bedoya's motion for summary judgment. "But as FTC Commissioners, plaintiffs exercise significant policymaking discretion within the executive branch and are answerable to no one except the President." Amicus brief attached. ...

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