The Supreme Court gave President Trump the green light Monday to remove a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission while litigation over her dismissal plays out.

Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily stayed a lower court order that had permitted Rebecca Slaughter to remain with the independent agency after Trump initially ordered her ouster March 18.

Roberts gave Slaughter’s legal team until Sept. 15 to respond to the emergency petition from Trump’s legal team arguing that he has the authority to remove her.

In addition to Slaughter, Trump’s March announcement removed Alvaro Bedoya, the two Democrats on the five-person board governing the FTC. Bedoya initially challenged his firing but has since dropped that suit.

Last week, a split appeals panel on the DC Circuit conclud

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