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  "description": "Federal judge questions former Federal Trade Commissioner's legal standing following his stated resignation.",
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  "publishedAt": "2025-06-17T00:14:16.000Z",
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    "_citing personal financial challenges_",
    "Trump on March 18",
    "All Videos from Speeding BEAD Summit",
    "_addressing Mr. Bedoya's standing to seek relief in this matter_",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON, June 16, 2025 – **Alvaro Bedoya** , the former Democratic Federal Trade Commissioner that President **Donald Trump** said he had fired, formally stepped down from his position on June 9, _citing personal financial challenges_ as the cause.\n\nBut Bedoya wants to stay in the lawsuit seeking reinstatement of himself and **Rebecca Slaughter** , the other FTC commissioner allegedly fired by Trump on March 18.\n\nBut on Wednesday, June 11, U.S. District Judge**Loren AliKhan** raised concerns about whether Bedoya could continue as a plaintiff following his formal resignation from the FTC.\n\n\n\n_****FROM SPEEDING BEAD SUMMIT****_\n _****Panel 1: How Are States Thinking About Reasonable Costs Now?****_\n_****Panel 2: Finding the State Versus Federal Balance in BEAD****_\n _****Panel 3: Reacting to the New BEAD NOFO Guidance****_\n _****Panel 4: Building, Maintaining and Adopting Digital Workforce Skills****_\n\n All Videos from Speeding BEAD Summit \n\nAliKhan ordered those involved in the case to file supplemental briefs “ _addressing Mr. Bedoya's standing to seek relief in this matter_.”\n\n###  _Could not continue to act as commissioner without salary_\n\n“For personal reasons, I can no longer afford to go without any source of income for my family,” Bedoya lamented in his statement. “Applicable rules and regulations limit an FTC Commissioner’s ability to accept other employment while serving on the Commission.”\n\nThe resignation follows his controversial firing in March. Since then, Bedoya and Slaughter have been engaged in a fierce legal battle to argue that Trump's alleged firings were illegitimate.\n\n### _Seeks to remain active in the case_\n\n“I will stay a plaintiff in our lawsuit against the President,” Bedoya said in the court filing. “And I won't just sit here as our consumer protection and competition agencies are gutted and politicized. We need to be able to fight fraudsters and monopolists regardless of the millions they've given politicians. That's what I want to do as a former commissioner.”\n\nThe lawsuit, _Slaughter v. Trump_ , challenges the legality of Bedoya and Slaughter’s removal, arguing it violates the Supreme Court’s 1935 decision in _Humphrey’s Executor_. In that landmark ruling, the Court unanimously held that Congress may limit the president’s power to remove officials from independent federal agencies.\n\nAliKhan, a Biden appointee, _reviewed the Case on May 20_, and said that siding with the president would necessarily mean overturning the 90-year precedent set by _Humphrey's_.\n\nJust days later, the Supreme Court _granted an emergency stay_ allowing Trump to remove members of other independent agencies, the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board, without cause. The unsigned two-page order made no mention of _Humphrey’s Executor_ and cited the president’s authority under _Seila Law_ , drawing a blistering dissent from Justice**Elena Kagan** , who accused the Court of “overruling Humphrey’s by fiat.”\n\nBedoya, who had been a FTC Commissioner since 2022 and was set to serve until September 25, 2026, initially vowed he would not back down, fighting to remain in office.\n\nIn an interview immediately following the removal, he told the __New York Times__, “He’s trying to fire me. I am still an FTC commissioner, and I am going to go to court to make sure that’s clear to everybody.”\n\nHowever, after months of legal conflict, Bedoya’s resources may have run dry. His departure marks a significant shift in the FTC’s historic makeup of five Commissioners, as only three Republican commissioners remain – Chairman **Andrew Ferguson** , Commissioner **Melissa Holyoak** , and Commissioner **Mark Meador**.",
  "title": "Bedoya Resigns From FTC, Seeks to Remain in Lawsuit",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-11T03:27:51.546Z"
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