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In a two-to-one decision, the court ruled that President Trump's firings of National Labor Relations Board member Gwen Wilcox and Merit Systems Protection Board member Kathy Harris were lawful, despite federal laws that state they can only be fired for cause.
The appeals court found that a 1935 Supreme Court decision limiting the president's power to remove officers at multi-member independent agencies like theirs would
doesn't apply here because both agencies wield substantial executive power.
On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a similar case.
The Trump administration has asked the court to strike down that 1935 precedent and recognize that the president has unlimited power to remove those who assist him in carrying out his duties.
In a two-to-one decision, the court ruled that President Trump's firings of National Labor Relations Board member Gwen Wilcox and Merit Systems Protection Board member Kathy Harris were lawful, despite federal laws that state they can only be fired for cause.
The appeals court found that a 1935 Supreme Court decision limiting the president's power to remove officers at multi-member independent agencies like theirs doesn't apply here because both agencies wield substantial executive power.
On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a similar case.
The Trump administration has asked the court to strike down that 1935 precedent and recognize that the president has unlimited power to remove those who assist him in carrying out his duties.
The plaintiffs worked in the Department of Homeland Security, the Justice Department, the Office of Personnel Management, and the National Institutes of Health.
They say the Trump administration's goal was to punish perceived political enemies, including federal employees it associated with ideologies embraced by former President Biden.
President Trump issued two executive orders condemning what he called widespread and illegal use of race and sex-based preferences and accusing Biden of forcing DEI into government.
The lawsuit argues that DEI-related firings disproportionately affected federal workers who are Black, women, non-binary, and people of color, as well as those seen as advocating for legally protected racial and gender groups.
The bill is called the Working Families Flexibility Act.
It would allow private companies to give workers the option of earning additional time off from work instead of traditional overtime pay.
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires most workers be paid time and a half when they exceed 40 hours a week.