{"id":2412914,"date":"2025-03-12T19:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T23:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-trump-unlawfully-fired-democratic-labor-board-member-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T19:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T23:04:10","slug":"judge-rules-trump-unlawfully-fired-democratic-labor-board-member-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-trump-unlawfully-fired-democratic-labor-board-member-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge rules Trump unlawfully fired Democratic labor board member &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-rules-trump-unlawfully-fired-democratic-labor-board-member-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412914&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - 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Until now,&rdquo; Sooknanan wrote in her <a href=\"https:\/\/ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov\/cgi-bin\/show_public_doc?2025cv0425-22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">opinion<\/a>. &ldquo;The Government&rsquo;s argument that the statutory removal provision is unconstitutional cannot be reconciled with longstanding Supreme Court precedent that is binding on this Court.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Grundmann, an appointee of Trump&rsquo;s Democratic predecessor Joe Biden, was fired on Feb. 11 without explanation. The FLRA, which adjudicates disputes between federal agencies and government employee unions, is designed to be independent of White House influence. Under the law, its members can only be removed &ldquo;for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sooknanan&rsquo;s decision to reinstate Gundmann for now restores a 2-1 Democratic majority on the quasi-judicial body until her term expires in July.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling follows a contentious hearing on Friday in which Sooknanan appeared skeptical of the Justice Department&rsquo;s argument that courts cannot force the president to reinstate unlawfully fired officials.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, a federal judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3325526\/judge-allows-trump-federal-workforce-cuts-proceed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">dismissed a lawsuit<\/a> by unions over mass federal worker firings, ruling their claims must be addressed by the FLRA.<\/p>\n<p>The attempt to remove independent board members has faced mixed outcomes for Trump. Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld his removal of Hampton Dellinger from a State Department oversight board after a lower court decision previously reinstated him, prompting Dellinger to drop his lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3343081\/humphreys-executor-supreme-court-precedent-trump-wants-overturned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"WHAT IS THE 90-YEAR-OLD PRECEDENT TRUMP WANTS OVERTURNED?\">WHAT IS THE 90-YEAR-OLD PRECEDENT TRUMP WANTS OVERTURNED?<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, judges in separate cases have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3340521\/nlrb-member-gwynne-wilcox-reinstated-fired-by-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ordered<\/a> officials at the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3322769\/judge-reinstates-merit-systems-protection-board-chairwoman-fired-by-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reinstated<\/a> after similar dismissals, signaling continued legal battles over Trump&rsquo;s authority to reshape independent agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling is expected to be appealed and could ultimately reach the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2036062\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2036062\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge rules Trump unlawfully fired Democratic labor board member A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that President Donald Trump lacked the authority to remove a Democratic member from the Federal Labor Relations Authority, ordering that Susan Tsui Grundmann be reinstated to her post. 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