Fired Officials Go Before D.C. Circuit Judges Who Backed Trump

May 15, 2025, 9:00 AM UTC

Two independent agency officials challenging their terminations by President Donald Trump must persuade federal judges who’ve already endorsed parts of the administration’s arguments against their reinstatement.

National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox and Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris—both of whom prevailed in district court—will press their cases during oral argument Friday at the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

The hearing marks the latest stop for the linked cases pitting the president’s power to remove agency officials against Congress’s ability to limit that authority. Axed members of the Federal Trade Commission and ...

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