Federal judges have blocked both of those firings.
On Thursday, Judge Beryl A. Howell ruled that Mr. Trump exceeded his powers by trying to fire Gwynne A. Wilcox, a member of the NLRB. She accused the president of “a power grab.”
“A president who touts an image of himself as a ‘king’ or a ‘dictator,’ perhaps as his vision of effective leadership, fundamentally misapprehends the role under Article II of the U.S. Constitution,” the judge said.
The Justice Department filed a notice of appeal hours after the ruling. It has also appealed the MSPB ruling.