Amicus Brief in Support of Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter v. Trump

Today, The Consumer Federation of America along with 40 consumer protection, data privacy, and competition groups from 10 states and the District of Columbia submitted an amicus brief in Slaughter v. Trump, a case challenging the President's attempted firing of Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter. The brief supports Commissioner Slaughter's reinstatement to the FTC and urges the Supreme Court to uphold nearly a century of precedent protecting members of independent agencies like the FTC from at-will presidential removal without cause.