Court’s action gives the justices additional time to consider Trump’s formal request to let him fire Rebecca Slaughter
Court’s action gives the justices additional time to consider Trump’s formal request to let him fire Rebecca Slaughter
The US supreme court allowed Donald Trump on Monday to keep a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission away from her post for now, temporarily pausing a judicial order that required the reinstatement of the commissioner who the Republican president has sought to oust.
The court’s action, known as an administrative stay, gives the justices additional time to consider Trump’s formal request to let him fire Rebecca Slaughter from the consumer protection agency that enforces antitrust law prior to her term expiring.
The stay was issued by John Roberts, the chief justice who handles emergency filings arising in Washington DC.
The Trump administration had asked the US supreme court on Thursday to let him temporarily remove Slaughter as the legal fight over the Republican president’s dismissal of her plays out.
