The Antitrust Revolution president illegally attempts to fire the two remaining Democratic appointees to the FTC
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You say you want a revolution, well, you know:
President Donald Trump, opens new tabfired two Democratic commissioners at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, in another major test of the independence of regulatory agencies.
A White House official confirmed the firings of Democratic Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter after they were first reported by Reuters, but had no additional comment.
The firings drew sharp criticism from Democratic senators and antimonopoly groups concerned that the move was designed to demolish any scrutiny within the agency of potential sweetheart deals with big corporations.
At this point, it would be considerably less embarrassing for the Stoller/Arnade “the GOP is the anti-corporate worker’s party now” crew to proclaim their belief in the Easter Bunny.
WEIRD CROSSOVER PUNDITS: Actually there's an interesting right wing, pro-worker space TRUMP: fires NLRB commissioner illegally WEIRD CROSSOVER PUNDITS: Actually there's an interesting right wing, pro-antitrust space TRUMP: fires FTC commissioners illegally Shut the fuck up now!— Hamilton Nolan (@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social) March 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It should also be noted here that the law is not at all ambiguous. The controlling precedent is a 9-0 opinion whose literal holding is that the president cannot fire a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission without cause. I would say that John Roberts’s concern must be reaching Susan Collins levels if he probably wasn’t licking his chops at the opportunity to use Trump’s lawlessness as a vehicle to say it doesn’t apply (presumably through an Alito opinion holding that being nominated by a Democratic president is always sufficient cause.)