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Slaughter reinstated at US FTC pending appeal over White House firing

( September 2, 2025, 22:29 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Trump administration has "no likelihood of success on appeal" in a case over the attempted firing of US Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said in a 2-1 order dissolving a stay on her reinstatement pending appeal. "The government has no likelihood of success on appeal given controlling and directly on point Supreme Court precedent," the court said in an order. In a dissent, Circuit Judge Neomi Rao argued that the lower court's stay is warranted by US Supreme Court decisions to stay injunctions ordering the reinstatement of removed officers.See attached document....

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