( September 18, 2025, 2:16 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — With briefing complete, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider an application by the federal government for a stay pending appeal as well as a request for certiorari before judgment after a trial court issued summary judgment for Rebecca Slaughter, one of two Federal Trade Commission commissioners purportedly removed in March without cause; two other members of independent federal agencies who are challenging their removals by President Donald J. Trump filed letters with the high court stating that they were filing petitions and if certiorari is granted in Slaughter’s case, it should be granted in theirs as well....