A federal judge has reinstated Gwynne Wilcox, a member of the National Labor Relations Board, ruling that President Trump's attempt to fire her was unlawful. The ruling serves as a critique of Trump's view of executive power and his claim that a president can act like a dictator. Judge Beryl A. Howell emphasized that a president's authority is limited under the Constitution. Wilcox's firing had left the N.L.R.B paralyzed, leading her to file a lawsuit against the administration, which may eventually reach the Supreme Court to address executive authority limits.
A president who touts an image of himself as a king or a dictator... fundamentally misapprehends the role under Article II of the U.S. Constitution.
Judge Howell stated... his power to remove federal officers and honest civil servants... is not absolute, but may be constrained in appropriate circumstances.
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