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NonilexThe cases before <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> involve Gwynne Wilcox of the National <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labor</a> Relation Board <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NLRB</a>, which oversees laws protecting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workers</a>’ rights, & Cathy A. Harris of the Merit Systems Protection Board <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MSPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSPB</a>, which protects federal govt workers from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/partisan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#partisan</a> practices — as well as a 90-year-old court <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#precedent</a> the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin is seeking to overturn.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WatchdogAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WatchdogAgencies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/whistleblowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#whistleblowers</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> asks <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> to let him break the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> AGAIN – this time by illegally firing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#independent</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulators</a>  The cases test the boundaries of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PresidentialPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PresidentialPower</a> & involves Gwynne Wilcox of the National <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labor</a> Relations Board <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NLRB</a> & Cathy A. Harris of the Merit Systems Protection Board <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MSPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSPB</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WatchdogAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WatchdogAgencies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/whistleblowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#whistleblowers</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/09/trump-supreme-court-fire-independent-regulators/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/09/trump-supreme-court-fire-independent-regulators/</a>

NonilexThe full DC Circuit in a 7-4 decision set aside a 3-judge panel's March ruling that paused lower court decisions blocking Trump from removing Gwynne Wilcox from the National <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labor</a> Relations Board <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NLRB</a> & Cathy Harris from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Merit</a> Systems Protection Board <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MSPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSPB</a>.Monday's decision puts back in place 2 judges' decisions that upheld federal laws barring <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> from removing members of the labor boards at will.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a>

Kim Perales"The federal appeals court in DC has *UNFIRED* members of the NLRB and MSPB that Donald Trump has been trying to remove despite laws protecting them from removal without cause. Panel was divided 7-4.Supreme Court could be next." -K Cheney<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Courts</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NLRB</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MSPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSPB</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Justice</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RuleOfLaw</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Firings</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a><a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25880731-harrisbessentcadcord040725/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25880731-harrisbessentcadcord040725/</a>

NonilexNot goodThe United States Court of Appeals for DC has cleared the way for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> to fire members of the National <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labor</a> Relations Board <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NLRB</a> & the Merit Systems Protection Board <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MSPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSPB</a>, essentially granting Trump authority over formerly "independent" parts of the executive branch.Judge Millet dissented saying the decision overturned <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> precedent & disabled the boards from functioning while the case proceeds.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watchdog</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/whistleblower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#whistleblower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.41769/gov.uscourts.cadc.41769.01208724995.0_1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.41769/gov.uscourts.cadc.41769.01208724995.0_1.pdf</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> is aiming to get these cases to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a>, where it’s betting that enough of the right-wing justices will agree to overturn the high court’s own <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#precedent</a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#independent</a> agencies — encapsulated primarily in a 1936 case called Humphrey’s Executor — & axe the removal protections that keep leadership at such entities as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NLRB</a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MSPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSPB</a> insulated from political will or vindictiveness.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#discrimination</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sexism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ageism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ageism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaleSupremacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

Prainbow (she/her) 🏔️Colorado<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AltNPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AltNPS</a> Merit Systems Board Case: A court is holding another hearing on Cathy Harris’ lawsuit against the Trump administration, after she was temporarily reinstated as chair of the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board following claims of unlawful termination. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Information</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CourtCases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CourtCases</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MSPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSPB</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnlawfulFiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnlawfulFiring</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coup</a>

NonilexDellinger asked the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MSPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSPB</a> this week to halt the dismissal of 6 probationary employees while his office investigates their complaints. Dellinger said the firings appear “contrary to a reasonable reading of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>” & said he was considering “ways to seek relief for a broader group.”The merit board granted his request to stay the terminations for 45 days.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s attempt to fire Dellinger is part of his broader push to remove government <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watchdogs</a> who investigate wrongdoing & protect <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a>. Trump also has tried to fire the head of the Merit Systems Protection Board [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MSPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSPB</a>], an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#independent</a> agency that hears appeals of terminations & other adverse actions against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilServants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilServants</a>. A federal judge reinstated her temporarily. Dellinger’s office refers certain cases to the merit board, which issues its own decisions.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a>

Hawaii Kai AuntieGood summary of what laid-off federal employees are entitled to. Short answer: pretty much nothing, and no true appeal process either. <a href="https://www.gelawyer.com/federal-legal-corner/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.gelawyer.com/federal-legal-corner/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mspb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mspb</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#federal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doge</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/civilservicefail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civilservicefail</a>

Kim Perales"A federal judge has ordered the reinstatement of Cathy Harris atop the Merit Systems Protection Board, ruling that Trump's decision to fire her exceeded his authority."Trump rebuked by a federal judge.<a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MSPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSPB</a><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277372/gov.uscourts.dcd.277372.9.0_1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277372/gov.uscourts.dcd.277372.9.0_1.pdf</a>

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