federal employment law
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President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping executive order reclassifying approximately 8,000 senior federal positions into a new “Schedule Policy/Career” category, effectively making them “at-will” roles that can be terminated more easily by the executive branch. The order, issued Wednesday, marks a significant shift in federal employment protections by expanding the number of policy-influencing positions…
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A former federal official has filed a lawsuit against the administration of Donald Trump, alleging that his termination, and a broader pattern of dismissals, amounts to unconstitutional racial discrimination within independent government agencies. Alvin Brown, a Democratic member of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), filed the suit Tuesday, April 14, 2026, in U.S. District…
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Two former U.S. immigration judges have escalated their legal fight to a federal appellate court, challenging a ruling that upheld their dismissal as consistent with the constitutional authority of the president. Judges Megan Jackler and Brandon Jaroch filed an appeal this week to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit after the Merit…
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The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), one of the largest federal labor unions in the country, has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, seeking to block an executive order that strips collective bargaining rights from hundreds of thousands of federal employees. The union argues that the order is an act of “political retribution” by…
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A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully removed Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) Chair Cathy Harris, reinstating her to her position in a decision that underscores the agency’s statutory independence. U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras held that Harris’ dismissal violated statutory provisions designed to protect the MSPB’s autonomy. The ruling found that…
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