Firing labor board members
Wilcox v. Trump
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Gwynne Wilcox challenged the limits on removing members of the National Labor Relations Board and argued that any executive functions could be separated from those limits.
- Who it affects
- The Court did not decide whether the removal limit is constitutional or whether the proposed separation is appropriate.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Supreme Court refused to hear her case (denied review) and did not decide those questions.
Federal law permits removing National Labor Relations Board members only for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.
Question presented
1. May Congress constitutionally limit removal of members of the National Labor Relations Board to cases of “neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.” 29 U.S.C. § 153(a)? 2. To the extent that the National Labor Relations Board possesses any residual “executive functions” in its bifurcated structure, is the appropriate remedy to sever that function rather than invalidate the entirety of the for-cause removal provision?
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