The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily reversed a lower court’s decisions to block President Donald Trump from firing two members of independent boards, marking the latest move in a case that has raised fundamental questions about presidential power.
Chief Justice John Roberts issued the temporary pause on the lower court’s orders minutes after the Trump administration asked the high court to intervene in the case. Roberts asked for a response from the pair of fired employees, Gwynne Wilcox and Cathy Harris, by April 15.
Solicitor General John Sauer had argued in his emergency request to the Supreme Court that presidents have the power to fire members of the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board even though Congress passed into law limitations on that authority.
Sauer said the
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