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

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide next term  whether to reverse a 90-year precedent that bars presidents from firing politically appointed agency board members and commissioners.<!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted -->OR <!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted -->The U.S. Supreme Court declined to reverse a 90-year precedent that bars presidents from firing politically appointed agency board members and commissioners.

At issue is President Trump's firing of NLRB member Gwen Wilcox, who still has three years left on her term, and Cathy Harris, who still has four years left on her term as a member of the MSPB.

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