The decision means that Rebecca’s massacre will remain banned from her posting at the Federal Trade Commission for the time being.
Released on September 22, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a lawsuit dealing with whether President Donald Trump fires Democrats from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) despite protections for the Post’s Congressional work.
The High Court announced its decision on Monday, effectively allowing Rebecca’s massacre that the case remains banned from her office in consumer protection and anti-trust agencies while the case is underway.
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The court announced that it would hear the debate in the December case.
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court recognized an emergency stay that similarly supported Trump’s ability to temporarily fire the massacre.
The stay overturned a decision by Washington DC-based US District Judge Loren Alikhan, preventing FTC commissioners from being rejected before their term expires.
On September 8th, Supreme Court Justice John Roberts suspended Alican’s order – allowing Trump to keep the massacre out of her post – giving the court more time to consider the administration’s request for the judge’s order.
The conflict concentrates on the Republican president’s authority to dismiss the head of government agencies covered by the removal protections introduced by Congress to give certain institutions some independence from presidential control.
Federal law allows the president to remove FTC Commissioners for reasons rather than policy differences, such as inefficiency, disregard of obligations, or misconduct in their duties. Similar protections cover staff from other independent bodies, including the National Labor Relations Commission and the Merit Systems Protection Commission.
The massacre was one of two Democratic commissioners Trump fired in March. The fire sparked acute criticism from Democrat senators and anti-Monopoly groups. The move was concerned that it was designed to eliminate opposition to large businesses within government agencies.
In May, the Supreme Court granted Trump fire at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Merritt Systems Protection Board (MSPB), despite employment protection for these posts, but the lawsuit challenged these rescues.
The court in that ruling said the US Constitution gave the President a wide latitude to fire officials who will exercise executive power on his behalf, and the administration “is likely to show that both the NLRB and the MSPB will exercise considerable enforcement.”
Citing that rationale in July, the court allowed Trump to remove three Democrats from the US government’s top consumer product safety watchdog, with legal challenges to its removal.
The administration has repeatedly asked the Supreme Court to allow Trump’s policies to be implemented. The Supreme Court, which has a conservative 6-3 majority, has sided with the administration in almost every case that Trump has been asked to review since returning to presidency in January.
Trump also tried to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.
Since the massacre and the removal of her fellow Democrats in March, the FTC has not had three Republicans and Democrats for most of it.
The agency has pursued a conservative policy agenda in recent months, including holding workshops on gender-affirming health care risks for transgender youth. The FTC warned Google that it could raise Republican funding emails as spam, and tried to investigate a media watchdog accused of helping billionaire Elon Musk coordinate a boycott of advertisers on his social media platform X.
