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Executive Power
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All About Advertising Law
Legal Ping-Pong: D.C. Circuit Restores, Then Supreme Court Removes, Rebecca Slaughter as FTC Commissioner
By Leonard L. Gordon, Jay Prapaisilp
Earlier this month, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled President Trump’s removal of Democrat commissioners from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was unlawful. In a…
Consumer Finance Monitor
Chief Justice allows Trump to fire FTC Commissioner Slaughter—at least for now
By Richard J. Andreano, Jr., John L. Culhane, Jr., Alan S. Kaplinsky
Chief Justice John Roberts has issued a temporary stay allowing President Trump to fire recently reinstated FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, even though she was fired without cause. Slaughter, the lone…
PrawfsBlawg
The Unitary Executive and the Vice President
Main Saturday, September 06, 2025The Unitary Executive and the Vice PresidentSuppose Congress enacted a statute that delegated certain powers to the Vice President. The President doesn't like how the Vice…
Regulatory Oversight
Troutman Pepper Locke’s Spencer Churchill Joins DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel
Spencer Churchill, an associate based in Troutman Pepper Locke's Washington, D.C. office, has been appointed to serve as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office…
Simple Justice
Labor Day 2025
In a New York Times op-ed, history prof Erik Loomis questions why, in the face of Trump’s massive termination of federally unionized labor, unions have been neither seen nor heard.…
PrawfsBlawg
Nixon’s the One!
Main Monday, August 25, 2025Nixon's the One!In terms of executive power, we are basically back where we were in the early 1970s. It's as if Watergate never happened. For example:…
Credit Slips
The President’s Firing of Lisa Cook Is Illegal
President Trump fired Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook tonight based on unproven allegations by his politically motivated henchman that Cook engaged in mortgage fraud. The President’s actions are illegal.…
PrawfsBlawg
“Show Me the Man and I’ll Show You the Crime”
Main Wednesday, August 20, 2025"Show Me the Man and I'll Show You the Crime"Although it bears a close resemblance to statements made by a number of currently serving officials in…
PrawfsBlawg
Mayor/Governor of America
Main Monday, August 11, 2025Mayor/Governor of AmericaIt's worth noting, before the apologetics start, focusing on DC's role as a federal enclave and mostly eliding the obvious falsity of his claim,…
Law Times News
Trump and Newsom Face Off in Trial Over National Guard in LA
Hours before the trial was set to start, Trump announced that he would deploy the National Guard in Washington, DC