The independent agencies that protect the rights of private-sector and federal workers lost their ability to fully function after an appeals court temporarily paused rulings that had reversed their terminations by President
A divided US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia panel Friday granted the Trump administration’s emergency request for a stay, grounding National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox and Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris. Their removals drop both boards below the minimum number of members necessary to issue decisions.
The legal battle over the president’s removal authority is likely headed to ...