Legal scholar discusses SCOTUS case on the firing of a Democratic FTC commissioner

By Leila Fadel

Published December 8, 2025 at 6:38 AM EST

NPR's Leila Fadel asks legal scholar Jeffrey Rosen how a Supreme Court case over the firing of Rebecca Slaughter, a Democratic FTC commissioner, could expand presidential powers.

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