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Supreme Court · SCOTUS
Trump v. Slaughter
No. 25-332Supreme Court of the United States
Judgment Issued.
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Official outcomeJudgment REVERSED and case REMANDED.
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- Decision date
- June 29, 2026
- Opinion author
- R
- October Term
- 2025
- Docket
- No. 25-332
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The proof
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Judgment Issued.
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- First added here
- August 10, 2026
- Last entry
- July 31, 2026
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Official docket
Decision and docket history
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Docket entry
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined, and in which Thomas, J., joined as to all but Part III–B. Gorsuch, J., filed a concurring opinion. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kagan and Jackson, JJ., joined.
Docket entry
The Federal Trade Commission’s for-cause removal provision, 15 U. S. C. §41, is contrary to the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution. [609/2]
Open court document ↗Docket entry
Argued. For petitioners: D. John Sauer, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Amit Agarwal, Washington, D. C.
Docket entry
Reply of petitioners Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Brief amicus curiae of National Whistleblower Center filed. (Distributed)
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Brief amicus curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed. (Distributed)
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Brief amici curiae of Former Members of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed. (Distributed)
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Brief amici curiae of Patrick J. Borchers, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Brief amici curiae of Former Senior White House Lawyers, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Brief amici curiae of The American Antitrust Institute, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
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Brief amici curiae of Professor Nicholas R. Bednar, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Brief amici curiae of Thirteen Retired Federal Judges filed. (Distributed)
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Brief amici curiae of Independent Agency Board Members, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Brief amici curiae of Campaign Legal Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Brief amici curiae of Legal Historian Noah A. Rosenblum, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Brief amicus curiae of Professor Jed Handelsman Shugerman filed. (Distributed)
Open court document ↗Rulings in this case over time
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5 entries, oldest first.
· Supreme Court of the United States
Stayed
The court's record, as written
Order entered by The Chief Justice: Upon consideration of the application of counsel for the applicants, it is ordered that the July 17, 2025 order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, case No. 1:25-cv-909, is hereby stayed pending further order of The Chief Justice or of the Court. It is further ordered that a response to the application be filed on or before Monday, September 15th, 2025, by 4 p.m. (EDT).
Outcome words in this text: stayed.
· Supreme Court of the United States
Granted
The court's record, as written
Petition for writ of certiorari before judgment GRANTED. (Detached Opinion)
Outcome words in this text: GRANTED.
· Supreme Court of the United States
StayedGranted
The court's record, as written
Application (25A264) for stay presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is granted. The July 17, 2025 order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, No. 25–cv–909, ECF Doc. 52, is stayed. The application is also treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment, and the petition is granted (case No. 25-332). The parties are directed to brief and argue the following questions: (1) Whether the statutory removal protections for members of the Federal Trade Commission violate the separation of powers and, if so, whether Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, 295 U. S. 602 (1935), should be overruled. (2) Whether a federal court may preve
Outcome words in this text: granted, stayed.
· Supreme Court of the United States
ReversedRemanded
The court's record, as written
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined, and in which Thomas, J., joined as to all but Part III–B. Gorsuch, J., filed a concurring opinion. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kagan and Jackson, JJ., joined.
Outcome words in this text: REVERSED, REMANDED.
· Supreme Court of the United States
Other
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Judgment Issued.
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Documents and links
Source record
On the Constitution page
This case is listed in the Disputes record under the clause it concerns.
- President Trump's removal of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter — listed under Article II, Section 1, Clause 1 (closed)
Official video
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AudioOral argument audio: Trump, President of United States v. Slaughter (No. 25-332)
Supreme Court of the United States · December 8, 2025
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Supreme Court of the United States · December 8, 2025
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