The Trump administration appealed a federal judge's decision Thursday that the administration's firing of a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member was illegal. (NLRB; AP Photo; US District Court)
The Trump administration filed its appeal to the U.S. Appeals Court for the D.C. Circuit shortly after the decision was issued. The administration wrote in its appeal that it intended to request a stay of the order pending appeal, "including an immediate administrative stay" from the appellate court.
In her Thursday opinion, Howell had some harsh words for the president, writing that his "interpretation of the scope of his constitutional power – or, more aptly, his aspiration – is flat wrong."
"At issue in this case is the President’s insistence that he has authority to fire whomever he wants within the Executive branch, overriding any congressionally mandated law in his way," Howell wrote.
Howell's decision came on the same day that Hampton Dellinger, a Biden-appointee previously tapped to head the Office of Special Counsel, announced that he would be dropping his suit against the Trump administration over his own termination.
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The Supreme Court had previously paused the Trump administration's efforts to dismiss Dellinger. (Saul Loeb//Pool via REUTERS)
Similar to Wilcox, Dellinger sued the Trump administration in D.C. federal court after his Feb. 7 firing.
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He maintained the argument that, by law, he can only be dismissed from his position for job performance problems, which were not cited in an email dismissing him from his post.
The Supreme Court had previously paused the Trump administration's efforts to dismiss Dellinger. The administration had asked the high court to overturn a lower court's temporary reinstatement of Dellinger.
Fox News' Jake Gibson, Bill Mears, Shannon Bream, and David Spunt contributed to this report.
Haley Chi-Sing is a politics writer for Fox News Digital. You can reach her at @haleychising on X.
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