Rebecca Kelly Slaughter

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On December 8, 2025, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Slaughter, a case arising from Trump's March 2025 removal of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter. The case asked whether for-cause removal protections for FTC members violate separation of powers, and whether Humphrey's Executor v. United States (1935) should be overruled. Oral argument signaled the conservative justices were open to expanding presidential removal power, potentially allowing the president to fire officials at independent agencies without any stated cause.

The Federal Trade Commission ordered data broker Mobilewalla to delete years of GPS location data it had collected from consumers without meaningful consent. The FTC found Mobilewalla had sold precise location data to third parties, including data on visits to health clinics and places of worship. The order required data deletion, barred future collection without affirmative consent, and imposed ongoing compliance monitoring.

President Biden appoints Lina Khan as chair of the Federal Trade Commission the same day she is confirmed as a commissioner by the Senate, making her the youngest FTC chair in the agency's history at 32. Khan, a former Columbia Law professor who rose to prominence with a 2017 Yale Law Journal article arguing Amazon's market power poses antitrust threats not captured by existing consumer-harm frameworks, represents a sharp break from four decades of permissive merger policy. Under Khan, the FTC challenges mergers by Meta, Microsoft, and Kroger/Albertsons, and issues new merger guidelines. Trump removes her on his first day back in office in January 2025.