National Labor Relations Board
The firings have hamstrung two agencies that deal with labor issues because Trump has not appointed replacements.
The president has tried to assert extraordinary control over independent agencies and now wants the court's blessing.
The White House is hoping to upend a 90-year-old Supreme Court precedent so Trump can fire officials at independent agencies at will.
A federal judge ruled that Trump’s removal of Gwynne Wilcox from the National Labor Relations Board was blatantly unlawful.
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In a smackdown of an opinion, the judge wrote that a president who fashions himself a king "fundamentally misapprehends" the role under the Constitution.
A new executive order will set up a court challenge over whether Trump has the power to direct investigations by independent agencies that oversee corporations, labor unions, banks and federal elections.
The president’s unprecedented removal of a labor board member mid-term has made the board inoperable ― a boon to companies like Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
The new president is ignoring precedent and the law by firing officials and trying to bring independent bodies under White House control.
Gwynne Wilcox, an erstwhile member of the federal labor board, says Trump violated the law and Supreme Court precedent by removing her.
Democrat Gwynne Wilcox, whose term was supposed to run through August 2028, said her unprecedented firing violates Supreme Court precedent.