Title: Democratic FTC members file suit challenging their firing by Trump

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# Democratic FTC members file suit challenging their firing by Trump

The lawsuit sets up a likely Supreme Court battle over the watchdog agency’s independence.

Updated March 27, 2025 More than**1 year ago**

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Rebecca Slaughter, one of two Democratic commissioners dismissed from the Federal Trade Commission this month, testifies on Capitol Hill on Wednesday as her fellow ex-commissioner, Alvaro Bedoya, sits behind her. (Mattie Neretin/Sipa USA/Reuters Connect)

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Two Democrats fired from the Federal Trade Commission sued the Trump administration Tuesday, alleging that their removal this month was unlawful.

The [lawsuit](https://washingtonpost.com/documents/5b06894e-e46f-4a79-b2f8-dd2f797ae857.pdf), filed jointly by Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleges that President Donald Trump violated federal statutes and long-standing Supreme Court precedent when he [dismissed them without cause](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/18/two-democratic-commissioners-fired-ftc/). It asks that Bedoya and Slaughter be reinstated and that the court declare their firing unlawful.

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