Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers were probably unlawful
A federal judge in San Francisco finds the mass firings of probationary government employees by the Trump administration were ...
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Acting General Counsel of NLRB Issues First GC Memorandum, Rescinding Controversial Pro-Labor Memoranda
On February 14, 2025, the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) William B. Cowen issued his first General ...
Trump Order to Curb Independent Agencies Has an Open Legal Path
Legal scholar John Shu says President Donald Trump’s executive order checking the power of independent agencies likely will ...
‘Little for this court to decide’: Biden-appointed labor board member suggests Trump is gunning for a Supreme Court showdown over ‘nakedly illegal’ firing
The Trump administration acknowledges the case law may not be on its side. To that end, the government says, it reserves the ...
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New NLRB Acting General Counsel’s Actions and Increased White House Oversight Signal Shift in Enforcement
National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel William B. Cowen on February 14, 2025 changed the course of the agency’s strategic goals ...
Opinion
Is Donald Trump acting like a king? Let’s see what the evidence shows: Opinion
“Congress has not given the Executive limitless power to broadly and indefinitely pause all funds that it has expressly directed to specific recipients and purposes,” wrote the judge, John J.
Trump Is Breaking Things First And Trusting That Congress, Courts Will Get On Board Later
Harris, the fired MSPB member, won at the district court level, where a judge granted her a temporary restraining order ...
3 ways Trump is acting like a king and bypassing the Constitution’s checks and balances on presidential authority
The Trump administration has asserted a new balance of power among the three formerly coequal branches of government. In its ...
Trump’s control over independent agencies tees up test of presidential power
President Trump’s efforts to expand control over independent agencies tees up a new test of presidential power that is ...
Trump is making the separation of powers great again
Trump signed a new executive order titled “Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies.” The order helps restore the vision of ...
What is Humphrey’s Executor? A look at the 90-year-old Supreme Court decision Trump is targeting
WASHINGTON (AP) — A month into President Donald Trump ‘s second term, lawyers for the Republican administration seem intent ...