The cases before #SCOTUS involve Gwynne Wilcox of the National #Labor Relation Board #NLRB, which oversees laws protecting #workers’ rights, & Cathy A. Harris of the Merit Systems Protection Board #MSPB, which protects federal govt workers from #partisan practices — as well as a 90-year-old court #precedent the #Trump admin is seeking to overturn.
#Trump asks #SCOTUS to let him break the #law AGAIN – this time by illegally firing #independent #regulators
The cases test the boundaries of #PresidentialPower & involves Gwynne Wilcox of the National #Labor Relations Board #NLRB & Cathy A. Harris of the Merit Systems Protection Board #MSPB.
#AbuseOfPower #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #Corruption #WatchdogAgencies #whistleblowers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/09/trump-supreme-court-fire-independent-regulators/
The practical consequences of the ruling may be limited, as another trial judge’s ruling requiring the reinstatement of many of the same workers remains in place. But, #Trump will likely decide the issue was resolved & ignore the #law.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, but gave no reasons. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the court should not have ruled on such an important issue in the context of an emergency application.
#SCOTUS on Tues blocked a ruling from a federal judge in California that had ordered the #Trump admin to rehire 16k of fired #FederalWorkers who had been on probationary status.
The court’s brief order said the nonprofit groups that had sued to challenge the dismissals had not suffered the sort of injury that gave them standing to sue.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/040825zr_1b8e.pdf
