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Wednesday, March 12, 2025

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that President Trump's firing of the head of a board that resolves disputes between federal employees and the government was unlawful.

U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan's ruling in favor of Susan Grundmann, the Democratic-appointed chair of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), is the latest to push back on Trump's efforts to consolidate control over independent agencies in an expanded view of presidential power.

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"The Government's arguments paint with a broad brush and threaten to upend fundamental protections in our Constitution. But ours is not an autocracy; it is a system of checks and balances," wrote Sooknanan.

Federal law protects FLRA members like Grundmann from termination without cause. The White House did not purport to have cause when it fired Grundmann in a two-sentence email last month and instead, like it has in other cases, contended the removal protections are unconstitutional.

Sooknanan rejected that argument under long-standing Supreme Court precedent, effectively reinstating Grundmann for the rest of her term unless an appeals court overturns the ruling."

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The Lyin' King is above the law... when are Judges going to learn that?

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-03-12 10:26 PM | Reply

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