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A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. , allowed a Biden-appointed member of the Federal Trade Commission to keep her job, at least for now, as part of a lawsuit centered on President Donald Trump’s authority to remove members of independent agencies without cause.

A three-judge panel said in a 2-1 order on Tuesday that a lower court’s decision that Trump unlawfully fired FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter could remain in place and that her firing was squarely at odds with Supreme Court precedent.

"The government has no likelihood of success on appeal given controlling and directly on point Supreme Court precedent," the panel wrote.

Slaughter was abruptly fired after Trump took office, rehired when Judge Loren AliKha

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