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Former Republican government officials support US FTC removal protections

( November 14, 2025, 16:33 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Former Republican government officials filed a brief urging the US Supreme Court to uphold the removal protections in the Federal Trade Commission Act, arguing that judicial modesty and respect for historical practice and precedent demand that only the strongest considerations can justify concluding that all previous generations misinterpreted the Constitution. “Overruling Humphrey’s would constitute a radical departure from both historical and judicial precedents, ushering in, for the first time in our nation’s history, unchecked presidential control over multimember agencies to which Congress granted a modest degree of administrative protection in order to advance constitutional checks and balances,” they said. The brief was filed in support of of Rebecca Kelly Slaughter’s challenge to her firing from the FTC.See attached file. ...

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