Trump administration asks justices to block reinstatement of FTC commissioner

Trump administration asks justices to block reinstatement of FTC commissioner

Updated on Sept. 4 at 9:44 p.m. The federal government on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by a federal appeals court that requires the Trump administration to reinstate a commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission whom President Donald Trump fired this spring. In a 30-page filing, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote that the case is “indistinguishable” from previous disputes in which the court blocked simi…