The Trump administration must reinstate two board members who were fired, under a U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruling released on April 7.
The full appeals court vacated a previous split panel decision that had stayed orders to reinstate Cathy Harris of the National Labor Relations Board and Gwynne Wilcox of the Merit Systems Protection Board.
Judges in the majority cited Supreme Court precedent that has established that certain board members have protection against firing without cause.
Four judges dissented, with one saying she would have waited for the Supreme Court to weigh in.
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