The justices’ precedents imply that he has the power to dismiss officials of ‘independent’ agencies.

Gwynne Wilcox’s lawsuit is the first to challenge the president’s ouster of several members of independent boards — moves ...

Wilcox's lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, asserts that her dismissal was a ...

The U.S. Department of Justice will cease defending the independent status of three consumer and worker protection agencies, ...

The National Labor Relations Act, for instance, says board members “may be removed by the president, upon notice and hearing, for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, but for no other cause.” ...

Gwynne Wilcox, a Democratic member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) fired by President Trump, sued him on ...

President Donald Trump’s purge at independent agencies is putting a target on a nearly 100-year-old Supreme Court precedent that protects certain officials from the political whims of the White House.

Convention means nothing to Donald Trump. Neither does the Constitution. Since re-assuming office, he has summarily dismissed the Chair of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and a member of the ...

President Trump's firing of a member at the National Labor Relations Board leaves the federal ... The White House press office did not respond to a request for comment. Wilcox's firing seems ...

On Monday night, he dismissed two of the three Democrats on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ... He also fired the chair of the National Labor Relations Board, Gwynne Wilcox ...