A federal panel has affirmed the attorney general’s constitutional right to terminate Justice Department immigration judges, a sweeping precedential departure that may hand President Donald Trump broad authority to fire federal employees without cause.
The independent, Republican-controlled Merit Systems Protection Board posted an order early Saturday that for the first time endorsed the Trump administration’s argument that Article II of the Constitution permits the president to remove “inferior officers"—in this case, two immigration judges fired in February 2025.
The “extraordinary” decision will be appealed in the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit first thing Monday, said Nathaniel Zelinsky, ...
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