New Firm Seeks to Confront Trump on Executive Power

The Washington Litigation Group is the latest nonprofit group to join the legal challenges against the president, with a strategy of focusing on appeals early in the case.

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Justice Dept. Officials File Suit, Saying They Were Dismissed Unlawfully

The lawsuit argues that employees who were fired for political reasons have no recourse, after President Trump neutralized a board that handles federal labor disputes.

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Fired FEMA Official Files Suit, Saying Board to Hear Worker Disputes Is Paralyzed

Fired employees have struggled to get a judge to hear their cases because Congress set up a separate system to referee such employment disputes.

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Appeals Court Lets Trump Remove Another Democrat From Independent Agency

The ruling cited a Supreme Court decision in May that allowed President Trump to sideline Democratic appointees from several other nonpartisan agencies.

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Supreme Court Lets Trump, for Now, Remove Agency Leaders

An appeals court previously ruled that a key 1935 precedent, long in the cross hairs of the conservative legal movement, meant the officials could keep their jobs.

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Trump Administration’s Justice Dept. Firings Prompt a Torrent of Legal Fights

A series of dismissals by the Trump administration has flooded a little-known group of administrative judges who protect civil servants.

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Trump Officials Weaken Rules Insulating Government Workers From Politics

A reinterpretation of the Hatch Act announced by the administration lets officials wear campaign paraphernalia like MAGA hats, and removes an independent board’s role in policing violations.

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Government Watchdog Drops Inquiries Into Mass Firings of Probationary Workers

Experts in federal employment law said the Trump administration’s justifications to end the investigations were baffling at best.

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Supreme Court Sides With Trump, for Now, on Firing Agencies’ Leaders

Chief Justice Roberts ordered a brief pause of an appeals court ruling that had reinstated Cathy Harris and Gwynne Wilcox to positions at agencies protecting workers’ rights.

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Appeals Court Blocks Trump Firings, Reinstating 2 Federal Board Leaders

A full appeals court panel voted 7-4 to restore Cathy Harris and Gwynne Wilcox to their positions, setting up an expected Supreme Court finale.

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