However, the Supreme Court intervened and allowed the Trump administration to remove the two board members. Both women have challenged their dismissals in lawsuits, claiming violations of federal law.

A judge in Massachusetts has blocked President Donald Trump’s election March 25 executive order, siding with Democratic state attorneys who called it overreach.

Trump had previously dismissed Wilcox and Harris from their appointed roles. Both women challenged the decision in court, saying the president didn’t have the legal authority to remove them.

A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit blocked those orders, but the full court of appeals reversed that ruling and reinstated the trial judges’ ...

In March, district court judges ordered NLRB Chairwoman Gwynne Wilcox and MSPB Chairwoman Cathy Harris reinstated, saying Trump had no authority to remove them except in the case of ...

Wilcox and Harris sued the Trump administration, arguing the president does not have the authority to remove them because Congress designed the agencies to be independent of the executive.

Ninety years ago the Court held that a President could not remove members of the Federal Trade Commission except for cause—e.g., neglect of office or malfeasance—because the agency exercised ...