The US Supreme Court announced Monday that it will rule on the firing of a federal agency head and consider whether to overturn a 95-year-old case that prevents the president from firing Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioners without establishing “ inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.”

The case involves President Donald Trump’s removal of FTC commissioner Rebecca Slaughter . In March, Slaughter sued the administration in the same month, and in July, the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the firing violated the Federal Trade Commission Act ( FTCA ), which currently prevents at-will removals of FTC commissioners. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court halted Slaughter’s reinstatement for the course of the appeals process.

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