Trump’s NLRB Member Firing Echoes in SpaceX Case at Fifth Cir.

The National Labor Relations Board will fight court orders that stopped the agency from moving forward on unfair labor practice charges against SpaceX and two other companies, in a case that could have implications for a board member recently fired by President Donald Trump.

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is set to hear oral argument Wednesday over preliminary injunctions granted to employers that raised constitutional challenges to the statutory safeguards shielding NLRB members and administrative law judges from being removed by the president.

While the agency’s appeal is focused on whether the companies have suffered ...