President Trump removed Gwynne Wilcox from her position on the National Labor Relations Board soon after taking office.

A federal judge on Thursday said President Donald Trump's firing of a Democratic member of the National Labor Relations Board was illegal and ordered that she be reinstated to her post. The decision by U.

A federal judge on Wednesday questioned President Donald Trump's power to fire a Democratic member of the National Labor Relations Board and seemed deeply skeptical of the expansive theory of presidential power being put forward by his administration.

Former National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox, who was fired by President Donald Trump, is asking federal Judge Beryl Howell to be reinstated.

A federal judge reversed the firing of a National Labor Relations Board member by President Donald Trump, with a scathing ruling that said “an American president is not a king.” The ordered reinstatement of former NLRB chair Gwynne Wilcox came a month after she sued to be returned to the board.

Judge Beryl Howell, who reinstated NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox, said Trump's "power to remove federal officers and honest civil servants...is not absolute."

Gwynne Wilcox was the first National Labor Relations Board member ever fired. A judge said Trump does not have the power to fire board members 'at will.'

In case that could define limits of Trump’s presidential power, federal judge reinstates labor agency member, warning of damage if Trump continues to rule like a king.