Supreme Court allows Trump to fire members of independent agency boards — for now : NPR

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday granted for now the Trump administration’s emergency request to let him fire the heads of the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board.

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The U.S. Supreme Court granted for now the Trump administration’s emergency request to let him fire the heads of two independent agencies, the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board.

The vote was 6-3 with the liberals in dissent.

This is a developing story and will be updated.