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Chief Justice John Roberts clears way for Trump to fire FTC commissioner for now
CBS ^ | 9/8/25 | staff

Posted on 09/08/2025 9:00:21 AM PDT by CFW

Chief Justice John Roberts has allowed President Trump to remove a member of the Federal Trade Commission for now.

The chief justice granted interim relief to the Trump administration Monday while the Supreme Court takes more time to consider its request to lift a lower court order requiring Rebecca Kelly Slaughter to be reinstated to her position at the commission.

Slaughter is one of several appointees at independent agencies that the president has removed. The Supreme Court has allowed Mr. Trump to fire members of the National Labor Relations Board, the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Consumer Product Safety Commission while legal challenges to the removals move forward.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government
KEYWORDS: firing; ftc; inferiorcourts; rebeccaslaughter; scotus; trump; yourefired
SCOTUS order here:

Trump v Slaughter Order

1 posted on 09/08/2025 9:00:21 AM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

Not one SCOTUS opinion, ruling, etc., is worth the paper it’s written on. Every RAT ignores SCOTUS, and will continue to do so. SCOTUS has not power to enforce.


2 posted on 09/08/2025 9:04:11 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: CFW

Oh please. That order does NOT DO THAT !

It is a TEMPORARY STAY !

SOMEBODY has SEVEN DAYS to file a response:

“It is further ordered that a response to the application be filed on or before Monday, September 15th, 2025, by 4 p.m.

(Presumably REBECCA K. SLAUGHTER)


3 posted on 09/08/2025 9:09:31 AM PDT by Pikachu_Dad
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To: MayflowerMadam

SCOTUS has not power to enforce. “

True but that applies to the lower court hacks to an even greater degree. My frustration is Trump’s refusal to use the SC rulings as cover to ignore these punks.


4 posted on 09/08/2025 9:09:50 AM PDT by iamgalt
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To: CFW

“clears the way for Trump to fire FTC commissioner
FOR NOW”

Always the caveat. “FOR NOW”.
Can she challenge the firing again, but at a later date?
It must really pain Chief Justice Roberts to decide anything
in Trumps’ favor.


5 posted on 09/08/2025 9:15:09 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: CFW

What a BS first line.

Should read: Court confirms legality of Trump’s action….


6 posted on 09/08/2025 9:18:55 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (MAGA)
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To: Michael.SF.

Other headlines were even worse.

“SCOTUS ‘allows’.....”


7 posted on 09/08/2025 9:25:27 AM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

Other headlines were even worse.

“SCOTUS ‘allows’.....”

************

Actually, that headline tells it like it is. They are appearing to give him permission to run his own branch of government.


8 posted on 09/08/2025 9:37:18 AM PDT by Starboard
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That black justice-—”whatever her name is”-—must be going ballistic.


9 posted on 09/08/2025 9:41:54 AM PDT by Liz (May you be in Heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead (Irish blessing))
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To: Michael.SF.
Correct.

Does President Trump ever “allow” or “clear the way” for the courts to render their decisions?

Of course not.

Apparently, when it comes to the executive and judicial branches separation of powers is a one-way arrangement.

10 posted on 09/08/2025 9:49:44 AM PDT by daler
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To: Liz
That black justice-—”whatever her name is”-—must be going ballistic.

Justice Kwame X Mustafa Skyhook Jackson?

11 posted on 09/08/2025 10:37:52 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (Thank you, Trump, Musk, Leavitt....)
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To: OrangeHoof

Justice Kwame X Mustafa Skyhook Jackson?


Yeah, that’s her......lol.


12 posted on 09/08/2025 11:16:01 AM PDT by Liz (May you be in Heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead (Irish blessing))
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