JUST IN: DC Circuit panel splits, 2-1, upholding Trump's right to fire NLRB & MSPB members [View all]
JUST IN: DC Circuit panel splits, 2-1, upholding Trump's right to fire NLRB & MSPB members. Court says those agencies wield too much executive power to not be accountable to POTUS. Majority: Katsas/Walker (both Trump). Dissent: Pan (Biden). Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein.bsky.social) 2025-12-05T15:27:17.049Z
JUST IN: A 2-1 panel of the D.C. Circuit rules that Trump may remove members of the NLRB or MSPB regardless of laws meant to shield them from removal without cause.
Majority: Rao (Trump), Katsas (Trump)
Dissent: Pan (Biden)
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— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2025-12-05T15:21:26.949Z
In her dissent, Judge Pan says the emerging view of executive power by Trump and his backers in the courts "concentrates excessive power in the President and thus paves the way to autocracy." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2025-12-05T15:23:45.039Z