A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration’s firing of a federal employee appeals board member was unlawful.

A judge reinstated Cathy Harris as Merit Systems Protection Board chair, ruling that Trump’s firing was unlawful. The case heads to appeals amid debates on federal agency independence.

The former chairwoman of a little-known agency that hears appeals by fired or disciplined ... Cathy Harris, a Democrat who led the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) until she was fired by ...

The Merit Systems Protection Board’s primary function is to protect federal hiring and promoting practices from partisan politics by allowing employees to appeal actions such as suspensions and ...

If the request is granted by the Merit Systems Protection ... to a surge in new appeals over the past few weeks, according to Harris’ lawyers. “Now more than ever, the Board’s actual ...

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration unlawfully dismissed a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, ordering her indefinite reinstatement. United States District Judge ...

The Merit Systems Protection Board ... an Obama-appointed Republican who served on the board from 2012 to 2019, said the flood of new appeals is “shocking” and “the staff must have their ...

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration’s firing of a federal employee appeals board member ... who chaired the three-person Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) during ...

The next stop is the DC U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and after that ... chair of the Merit Systems Protection Board, an independent agency that has the power to review and reverse federal ...