Daniel Wiessner at Reuters reports the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which enforces the Labor Rights of Private Sector Workers, is abandoning its defense of a law barring the President from removing appointees at will, as President Donald Trump seeks to oust a Democratic member. The NLRB is notifying Courts in at least six cases, including one involving the SpaceX company of Trump ally Elon Musk, that it was taking the position that protections from removal for NLRB Board Members and administrative judges violate the U.S. Constitution. Several Federal Judges have upheld those protections in a series of lawsuits filed against the NLRB since 2023. A Judge in Washington, D.C. just said Trump could not fire Democratic Board Member Gwynne Wilcox. The Administration appealed that ruling. The NLRB is one of several Federal Agencies designed to be independent from the White House, but which the Trump Administration claims should be under the President's direct control.

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