The Consumer Federation of America, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), and other consumer advocacy and tech groups are speaking up in defense of former FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, who was fired without cause by the Trump administration in March.

A total of 40 groups — which also include Demand Progress Information Center and UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law and Economic Justice — filed an amicus brief today in a Supreme Court showdown over whether Trump exceeded his legal authority with Slaughter’s dismissal. The court’s decision could upend a 90-year-old precedent known as Humphrey’s Executor, which bars presidents from firing independent commissioners without cause.

The groups argue that if this happens, independent agencies like the FTC could become politic

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