Judge orders reinstatement of NLRB member fired by Trump: ‘An American president is not a king’

Published March 7, 2025 9:04am ET



A federal judge ordered a member of the National Labor Relations Board to be reinstated after she was fired by President Donald Trump.

Senior Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on Thursday that Trump does not have the authority to fire the NLRB board members without cause. Gwynne Wilcox, at the time of her firing, said she would fight it because it is illegal for a president to remove a board member unless there is evidence of negligence of duty or malfeasance. 

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