The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked lower court rulings that required President Donald Trump to reinstate Gwynne Wilcox and Cathy Harris, members of independent federal agencies. Wilcox was appointed by President Joe Biden to the National Labor Relations Board, and Harris was appointed to the Merit Systems Protection Board. The court will make further decisions after hearing from the ousted officials’ lawyers. This decision comes as the conservative majority on the court has reversed course on protections against removing members of independent agencies without cause. The current administration sought to fire Wilcox and Harris soon after taking office, but they successfully sued and won at the district court level. The appeals court initially ruled for Trump but later reversed course in a 7-4 vote. Conservative lawyers argue that independent agencies are not sufficiently accountable to the president and that he should have the power to fire agency heads at will. This case raises questions about the president’s power to fire members of independent agencies and whether the president could potentially have the power to fire members of the Federal Reserve, which traditionally operates independently of the White House.
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