December 12, 2025
A D.C. Circuit panel based its decision to uphold Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris' firing on a mischaracterization of the agency, Harris argued Friday to the full D.C. Circuit, asking the en banc court to override the decision, bring her back to work and preserve MSPB members' job protections.
December 05, 2025
A split D.C. Circuit panel on Friday upheld President Donald Trump's firings of two labor agency officials in spite of their statutory job protections, saying they wield enough executive power that Congress can't restrict the president's authority to fire them.
May 30, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling to stay an order reinstating fired National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox doesn't preclude the D.C. Circuit from finding NLRB members fit an exception to the president's firing power, Wilcox told an appeals panel.
April 11, 2025
Fired Merit Systems Protection Board and National Labor Relations Board members are overstating the reach of U.S. Supreme Court precedent allowing limits on the president's power to remove independent agency leaders, the Trump administration told the D.C. Circuit on Friday as it seeks to reverse decisions reinstating the members.
April 07, 2025
The full D.C. Circuit on Monday lifted a March panel decision pausing the reinstatement of National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board members that President Donald Trump fired, saying U.S. Supreme Court precedent blessing limitations on the president's ability to fire agency officials still stands.
April 01, 2025
Fired National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox urged the full D.C. Circuit to rethink a panel ruling staying her reinstatement, saying Tuesday that en banc review is "urgently necessary" after a majority enabled governmentwide chaos by rewriting U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
March 27, 2025
The White House laid out reasoning Thursday for asking the D.C. Circuit to bless President Donald Trump's firing of two Merit Systems Protection Board and National Labor Relations Board members, saying their reinstatement by lower courts interfered with executive authority and saddled Trump with officials "who lack his trust."