A Race to the Supreme Court: Trump Agency Firings Lead the Pack

March 21, 2025, 5:35 PM UTC

The lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s firing of independent agency officials have moved to the front of the pack of cases likely to be resolved by the US Supreme Court.

Preliminary injunctions have paused many of Trump’s executive actions, but only four suits opposing them have had full consideration at the district court level, according to Bloomberg Law’s analysis of 107 cases. In each, a judge ruled Trump’s dismissal of agency officials was illegal.

The cases brought by National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox and Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris are already before a federal appeals court, ...

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