Appeals court hands Trump a victory, OK'ing firings of two independent agency heads

Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris (left) and National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox (right) were fired by President Trump early this year. A panel of judges at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals says the firings were lawful.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2 to 1 that President Trump's firings of Democratic members of the Merit Systems Protection Board and the National Labor Relations Board were lawful.