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| https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/booker-congressional-democrats-file-bicameral-amicus-brief-to-supreme-court-fight-back-against-trumps-attacks-on-the-federal-trade-commission | Booker, Congressional Democrats File Bicameral Amicus Brief to Supreme Court, Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks on the Federal Trade Commission | 2025-11-17 | 2025 | 2025-11 | Democrat | Senate | NJ | Cory A. Booker | B001288 | www.booker.senate.gov | booker | https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press | scraper | WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate and House Democrats filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court opposing President Trump’s unlawful attempt to remove Rebecca Slaughter, a duly appointed member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The brief was led in the Senate by Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Ranking Member Cory Booker (NJ), Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (NY), Judiciary Ranking Member Dick Durbin (IL), Commerce Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (WA), and Banking Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren (MA). Co-Chairs of the House Litigation and Rapid Response Task Force, Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02) and Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (MD-08), in conjunction with Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), and Antitrust Subcommittee Ranking Member Jerry Nadler (NY-12) are leading the brief in the House of Representatives. 44 Senate Democrats and 163 House Democrats also signed the Amicus Brief. Filing an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in Trump v. Slaughter, the lawmakers stood up for Congress’s Article I legislative power and asserted the need for an independent Federal Trade Commission (FTC). While Commissioners are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate, the actions of the FTC are intended to be shielded from presidential interference. The agency’s mission is to protect the American public from unfair, deceptive, and anticompetitive business practices. In this brief, the amici curiae argued that President Trump’s unlawful attempt to remove Commissioner Slaughter without cause jeopardizes the integrity of independent federal agencies and undermines the FTC’s ability to enforce civil antitrust laws and protect the public from fraudsters and monopolists. The lawmakers began by asserting Congress’s interest in the matter, writing: “The aim of our Constitution, after all, is to facilitate a system of self-government. That begins with the people’s representatives deciding questions of governmental design. Accordingly, ‘[l]ong settled and established practice is a consideration of great weight’ when interpreting constitutional provisions about the structure and operation of government.” They continued by underscoring the strong constitutional rationale of independent agencies, like the FTC, writing: “The structure of multimember independent agencies is not only entrenched by history and tradition. It also reflects an eminently reasonable interpretation of Congress’s array of Article I powers, respects the President’s Article II authority, and comports with broader constitutional values.” Then, the lawmakers outlined the impacts of the Trump administration’s executive overreach, writing: “Indeed, at-will removals of commissioners of independent agencies would lead regulated entities and the public to believe that the President is able to pick winners and losers in the American economy through intervening in individual cases. That would detrimentally alter the way the public interacts with these regulators, and, consequently, the economic choices the regulators make.” Read the full text of the amicus brief here. | 1 | 2026-03-30T01:40:41Z | 2026-04-06T19:52:45Z |