Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court stayed a lower court's ruling on Monday, permitting the removal of a Democratic Federal Trade Commission board member amid litigation over President Donald Trump's attempt to fire her.
Chief Justice Roberts issued the brief administrative stay to a mid-July order by a district court that found Trump's move to fire FTC board member Rebecca Kelly Slaughter was illegal.
No reason for the stay was given by Roberts, who ordered responses to his decision be filed by the afternoon of Sept. 15, as the case continues.
Former chief counsel to Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Slaughter was nominated to the FTC by Trump in 2018, during his first administration. President Joe Biden then designated her as acting chair of the FTC and later re-nominated her for a new term. The Senate confirmed her to a second seven-year term in March 2024.
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