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Two Federal Trade Commission members who were fired this month have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, arguing on Thursday that the decision violated a long-established legal precedent preventing political firings.
On March 18, Democratic Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter received an email from the White House stating that they were fired, effective immediately and without any legal cause. In the email, President Donald Trump said their “continued service on the FTC is inconsistent with my Administration’s priorities,” according to the lawsuit.
A Supreme Court ruling from 1935
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