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Professors say US govt can't show FTC removal protections interfere with presidential power

( November 14, 2025, 18:19 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A group of professors of administrative law, legislation and the regulatory state, and separation of powers told the US Supreme Court that the government has not met its burden of demonstrating that statutory protections against at-will removal of members of the Federal Trade Commission prior to expiration of their terms interfere with a substantial power that the Constitution assigns to the president alone. They filed a brief in support of Rebecca Kelly Slaughter’s challenge to her firing from the FTC. “Many of the laws establishing Article I tribunals, like the FTC Act, protect adjudicators from at-will removal before expiration of their term—in part to promote the experience and expertise that come with continuity in office but, more essentially, because Congress views such protection to be necessary to safeguard the integrity and acceptability of these adjudications,” the brief argued.See attached file....

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