US appeals court blocks Trump from removing Democrats from labor boards
Source: Reuters
April 7, 2025 8:58 AM EDT 12:04 PM EDT
April 7 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court blocked U.S. President Donald Trump from removing Democratic members from two federal labor boards on Monday, setting aside its earlier ruling. The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit further complicates a pair of cases that are emerging as key tests of Trump's efforts to bring federal agencies meant to be independent from the White House under his control.
The full D.C. Circuit in a 7-4 decision set aside a three-judge panel's March ruling that paused lower court decisions blocking Trump from removing Gwynne Wilcox from the National Labor Relations Board and Cathy Harris from the Merit Systems Protection Board.
Monday's decision puts back in place two judges' decisions that upheld federal laws barring the president from removing members of the labor boards at will. White House spokesman Harrison Fields argued the U.S. Constitution gives Trump the power to remove officials "who exercise his executive authority." "The Trump Administration plans to immediately appeal the decision, and looks forward to ultimate victory on the issue," he said.
The cases will likely end up at the U.S. Supreme Court, which could use them to revisit a 90-year-old ruling that upheld restrictions on the president removing officials from multi-member agencies. That would have major implications for a number of agencies like the Federal Reserve and the Federal Trade Commission whose members are appointed by the president but have for decades acted independently of the White House.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-appeals-court-blocks-trump-removing-democrats-labor-boards-2025-04-07/
Short article at post time.
This is the EN BANC ruling that sets aside the 2-1 earlier ruling they did allowing the removal.
Article updated.
Original article -
April 7 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court blocked U.S. President Donald Trump from removing Democratic members from two federal labor boards on Monday, setting aside its earlier ruling.
The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit further complicates a pair of cases that are emerging as key tests of Trump's efforts to bring under his control agencies meant to be independent from the White House.
The full D.C. Circuit in a 7-4 decision set aside a three-judge panel's March ruling that paused lower court decisions blocking Trump from removing Gwynne Wilcox from the National Labor Relations Board and Cathy Harris from the Merit Systems Protection Board.
Monday's decision puts back in place two judges' decisions that upheld federal laws barring the president from removing members of the labor boards at will. The White House and lawyers for Wilcox and Harris did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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