The legal showdowns over President Donald Trump’s removals at independent agencies and federal workplaces could ultimately end with Supreme Court rulings that expand executive branch power, legal experts said.
Trump has fired more than a dozen inspectors general, the special counsel meant to protect government whistleblowers, members of the National Labor Relations Board, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Merit Systems Protection Board, as well as federal prosecutors who worked on cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Judges in initial court actions so far have sided with those who have filed lawsuits over their removals, and experts said there’s good reason.
