President Trump has terminated the appointments of two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission, igniting a potential legal confrontation over a 1935 Supreme Court ruling that restricts the dismissal of FTC commissioners to instances of 'good cause.' The dismissed commissioners, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, have labeled their firings as illegal, asserting that the president's actions are motivated by fear of their dissenting views. This move represents a broader challenge to the independence of regulatory agencies under the Trump administration, which has previously sought to undermine their authority.