Starbucks Workers’ Attack on NLRB Meets Skeptical D.C. Cir. (1)

A federal appeals court expressed doubts during oral argument that it has jurisdiction to rule on two Starbucks Corp. workers’ bid for a judgment saying the National Labor Relations Board members’ removal protections violate the Constitution.

US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit judges Thursday pointed out that the NLRB now shares the same view on the invalidity of the members’ firing shields as the workers, who were represented by Aaron Solem of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. Federal judges can only rule in cases when parties take adverse positions to one another.

Judge ...