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Slaughter asks US appeals court to expedite appeal over illegal FTC firing

( August 19, 2025, 16:40 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Rebecca Kelly Slaughter has asked a US appeals court to expedite the consideration of an appeal and briefing schedule over her illegal firing from the Federal Trade Commission without cause by President Donald Trump. "The resolution of this appeal may determine the viability of that longstanding statutory architecture — and with it, the durability of similar statutory protections impacting dozens of independent agencies, from the Federal Communications Commission to the Federal Reserve Bank," Slaughter said in a motion to expedite filed at the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. This appeal raises issues in which the public has an extraordinarily strong interest in swift resolution, it said. Slaughter said she prevailed in the district court but the pendency of this appeal has precluded her from resuming her duties up to this point.See attached document....

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