Supreme Court weighs Trump’s firing of FTC commissioner

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Supreme Court likely to allow Trump FTC firing, expanding presidential power
The Supreme Court on Monday appeared likely to allow President Donald Trump to remove a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission purely for policy reasons, likely rolling back 90 years of legal precedent that had prevented at-will removal of independent agency officials in a decision that would expand presidential power.

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Fight over Trump's power to fire FTC member heads to US Supreme Court
Supreme Court appears likely to approve Trump’s firing of FTC Democrat
Live / Supreme Court hears arguments for case on campaign finance restrictions
Watch live coverage as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments about a challenge to campaign finance restrictions.

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Supreme Court Grapples With Whether to Lift Campaign Finance Limits
Supreme Court to hear arguments on campaign finance limits
SCOTUS case could expand presidential powers. And, Dems pitch plan for ACA subsidies
Slaughter says that if the Supreme Court rules that the removal protections are unconstitutional, it could destabilize all independent agencies that Congress has created over the last 90 years.

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Justices Seem Ready to Give Trump More Power to Fire Independent Government Officials
Supreme Court conservatives poised to back Trump in FTC firing case

SCOTUS poised to side with Trump on FTC firing — a showdown that could topple 90-year precedent

The Supreme Court will weigh Trump's authority to fire a sitting FTC member in a major test of presidential powers — and a 1935 landmark court ruling.
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FTC Quietly Reopens Click to Cancel Rulemaking in Response to Petition

In July, the Eighth Circuit vacated the FTC’s “Click to Cancel Rule.” Since then, the FTC has continued to challenge cancellation practices

The FTC chair who tilted the agency to Trump

Andrew Ferguson, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, is transforming the FTC, an independent agency that aims to protect consumers, into an enforcer of the president's agenda.

SCOTUS Sounds Ready To Let Trump Fire FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter

The post SCOTUS Sounds Ready To Let Trump Fire FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter appeared first on Reason.com.

U.S. Congressman Asks FTC to Investigate Possible ‘Deceptive Acts’ by PROs AllTrack & Pro Music Rights

The FTC should investigate U.S. PROs AllTrack and Pro Music Rights, wrote U.S. Congressman Rep. Scott Fitzgerald in a new letter.

FTC upholds ban on stalkerware founder Scott Zuckerman

Zuckerman, who used to run the stalkerware apps SpyFone and SpyTrac, claimed the ban is hurting his unrelated business.

What Is the Federal Trade Commission?

Created by Congress in 1914, the agency has traditionally been governed by five commissioners — three members of the president’s party and two from another party. The agency’s chair, currently Andrew N. Ferguson, acts as its chief executive, directing a staff of lawyers, economists and technologists.
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FTC Plans To Make Rental Housing Fee Disclosure Rule Following Greystar Settlement

FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson directed commission staff to begin the process of proposing a rule to address unfair or deceptive fees in rental housing.
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