# Rebecca Slaughter Democratic [[FTC]] commissioner, appointed 2018, fired without cause by President Trump on March 18, 2025 alongside fellow Democratic commissioner Alvaro Bedoya. Her challenge to that firing became [[Trump v. Slaughter]], the June 29, 2026 Supreme Court decision that overruled [[Humphrey's Executor v. United States]] and ended for-cause removal protection for independent-agency commissioners. > [!note] Stub — fill out > Pre-FTC career, her antitrust and privacy record as commissioner, and her public argument during the litigation.