Earlier this year, President Donald Trump moved to dismiss two Democrat-appointed members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Although one of those commissioners fought her firing, the Supreme Court is allowing Trump to go ahead with it. 

Justices issue unsigned emergency order

According to Breitbart, that decision came on Monday in the form of an unsigned emergency order from America's highest judicial body.

The order declared that FTC Commission Rebecca Kelly Slaughter is to remain off the job while her case is being litigated.

That decision was met with a dissent from Justice Elena Kagan which was joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

It stated, "Until the deed is done, Humphrey’s controls." Those words were a reference to the likelihood that the Supreme Court will use Slaughter's case to overturn Humphrey's Executor v. United States.

1935 limited power of a president to fire officials from independent agencies

Handed down in 1935, that decision imposed strict limits on the authority of a president to remove officials who have been appointed to independent agencies.

The FTC is such an agency, with enabling legislation which provides that commissioners can only be fired for "inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office."

For her part, Slaughter has waged a public relations campaign against the president since he removed her this past March, insisting that her situation has far broader implications.

"If I can be fired, I don't know why Jerome Powell can't be fired."@RKSlaughterFTC says Trump's illegal attempted firing of her and fellow Dem FTC Commissioner @BedoyaFTC isn't "just about the FTC, it's about all the structures of government that protect market stability."👇📺 pic.twitter.com/HCZ8KntEsu

— American Economic Liberties Project (@econliberties) March 19, 2025

She made that argument during an appearance on CNBC, saying, "It's not just about the FTC. It's about all of the structures of government that protect market stability. If I can be fired, I don't know why [Federal Reserve Chairman] Jerome Powell can't be fired."

Fellow Democratic appointee echoes Slaughter's message

FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya is another Democratic appointee who was fired by Trump, and he echoed Slaughter's warning in a social media post.

"Commissioner Slaughter says what people haven’t realized yet: If she and I can be fired for no reason, the head of the Federal Reserve can be fired for no reason," Bedoya wrote.

"You can like that or not like that, but this is where we’re headed if the president succeeds in firing us," the ousted FTC commissioner went on to add.