The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2 to 1 that President Trump's firings of Democratic members of the Merit Systems Protection Board and the National Labor Relations Board were lawful.

In its 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said Humphrey’s Executor v. U.S. — establishing that the president cannot fire without cause appointees at certain independent multi-member agencies—doesn't apply to the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board.

The Trump administration wants the US Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court decision questioningd the authority of a federal civil service board.

The ex-agency employees claim they were terminated illegally for using their free speech rights to alert the public.

There’s a quorum again on the board that hears appeals of firings and suspensions of federal employees after a majority of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated an earlier decision that temporarily enabled President Donald ...