Commission members Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro M. Bedoya claim their dismissals were unlawful and should be reversed.

In an exclusive statement to Newsweek, a lawyer for the 2 commissioners said Trump's defense of the firings "has no basis in law." ...

Legal observers following the trend think Trump is setting up a test case for the Supreme Court to revisit a 1935 decision ...

Political Dynamics The firings align ... interference. The legal and political fallout from this decision is poised to reshape the operational environment of the FTC and might set new precedents ...

Mark Meador, who previously worked for the DOJ and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, was confirmed on a party-line vote as President ...

Legal observers following the trend ... to revisit a 1935 decision that prevented a president from firing a member of Federal Trade Commission and paved the way for independent boards like the ...