Appeals Court Allows Trump to Remove 2 Agency Heads

Judge Justin Walker said the administration was likely to succeed in its argument that laws limiting such removal by the U.S. president were unconstitutional.

The E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Court House in Washington on Feb. 19, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has granted President Donald Trump’s request to temporarily block two lower court orders requiring him to reinstate the chairs of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Judge Patricia Millett dissented from the March 28 decision to grant Trump’s requests for emergency relief in the two cases. Both Judge Karen Henderson and Judge Justin Walker issued statements supporting the decision to grant the emergency motions.