A federal judge ruled that Trump’s removal of Gwynne Wilcox from the National Labor Relations Board was blatantly unlawful.

A federal judge unloaded on President Trump in a ruling Thursday calling his firing of a member of the National Labor Relations Board a “power grab,” “flat wrong” and “a blatant violation of the law.”

President Donald Trump’s firing of the former chairwoman of the National Labor Relations Board was an “illegal act,” a federal judge ruled Thursday, overturning her ousting in a decision that was highly critical of Trump’s “intent on pushing the bounds of his office.

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

The ruling, which the Trump administration immediately moved to appeal, was a rebuke of Mr. Trump’s expansive view of executive power.

A federal judge said Gwynne Wilcox must remain at the agency that oversees relations among workers, labor unions and employers, setting up a Supreme Court showdown over presidential powers.

A federal judge on Thursday said U.S. 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.

A federal judge has ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump acted illegally when he fired a member of an independent labor agency, and the judge ordered that she be allowed to remain on the job.

The labor board is one of several federal agencies designed to be independent from the White House but that the Trump administration has said should be under the president's direc