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President Trump removed Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from the Federal Trade Commission in March 2025 without invoking the statutory grounds for removal. The District Court reinstated her; the D.C. Circuit denied a stay. The Supreme Court granted the stay, treated the application as a petition for certiorari before judgment, and granted the petition. The case asks whether the for-cause removal restriction in 15 U.S.C. § 41 is constitutional as applied to FTC Commissioners exercising the modern FTC's executive powers.