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Appeals court upholds firing of Democratic Merit Systems Protection Board member
05 Dec 2025 22:47 GMT
… Trump’s firings of Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris and … unlawful because members of MSPB and NLRB have statutory … . “The NLRB and MSPB wield substantial powers that are … . “Their determination that the MSPB cannot be independent — even …
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D.C. Circuit Decision Holding That MSPB Members Are Subject to At-Will Removal May Impact OSHRC
18 Dec 2025 20:56 GMT
… , holding that members of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and National Labor Relations Board … obstruct presidential oversight. Post-decision, MSPB members are removable at will … ” regime, enforced through the MSPB. With MSPB members now at-will, one …
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Top Regulatory News of 2025
26 Dec 2025 05:46 GMT
… National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board pending decisions in appeals of …
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D.C. Circuit Upholds Presidential Power to Remove NLRB and MSPB Members Without Cause
18 Dec 2025 20:57 GMT
… Merit Systems Protections Board (MSPB) member Cathy Harris, finding … member Gwynne Wilcox and MSPB member Cathy Harris without … ability to remove NLRB or MSPB members.”
‘Substantial Executive Power … of the NLRB and MSPB “exercise considerable executive power …
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Fired MSPB Member Urges Full DC Circ. To Rehear Case
13 Dec 2025 03:08 GMT
… based its decision to uphold Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris' firing … back to work and preserve MSPB members' job protections....
Law360 …
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Court Rules President Can Remove NLRB and MSPB Members: What’s Next for Independent Agencies and Labor Disputes?
11 Dec 2025 08:28 GMT
… Board (NLRB) and the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) at will, despite longstanding … cases in limbo. The MSPB — which is the primary … issue decisions, and the MSPB’s adjudicatory machinery remains … of the NLRB and MSPB cannot constitutionally be protected …
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Appeals court backs Trump’s firings of MSPB, NLRB members
05 Dec 2025 23:17 GMT
… Democratic members on the Merit Systems Protection Board and the National Labor … .”
“The NLRB and MSPB wield substantial powers that … making,” she wrote.
The MSPB is an independent agency … that both the NLRB and MSPB exercise considerable executive power,” …
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D.C. Circuit Upholds Presidential Removal of MSPB and NLRB Members
05 Dec 2025 17:04 GMT
… National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board without cause. The district … below, the NLRB and MSPB wield substantial powers that are … to remove NLRB or MSPB members
And from later … removal restrictions for NLRB and MSPB members, not to blue …
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EPA workers fired over dissent letter appeal to MSPB
04 Dec 2025 07:16 GMT
… appealed their removal to the Merit Systems Protection Board, alleging violations of their First … hazardous materials cleanup coordinator. Their MSPB appeals allege violations of the … completely hampered organizations like the MSPB and Office of Special …
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Divided DC Circ. Backs Trump's NLRB, MSPB Firings
05 Dec 2025 17:32 GMT
By Braden Campbell ( December 5, 2025, 12:14 PM EST) -- 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 …