On the heels of his firing of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, Pres. Donald Trump also

President Donald Trump's firing of Gwynne Wilcox spurred the now former NLRB member to say she will be "pursuing all legal avenues" to challenge her removal from the five-member board three years before her term was set to expire,

President Trump continued to make waves just over a week into his presidency with his decision earlier this week to fire the chair of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Gwynne Wilcox. This unprecedented decision came alongside Trump’s firing of NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo.

His unlawful purge of the National Labor Relations Board on Monday serves all three goals at once. With these firings, Trump has paralyzed the board, asserted control over its agenda, and engineered a legal showdown over the scope of his constitutional authority.

President Donald Trump fired National Labor Relations Board Chair Gwynne Wilcox and general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo.

The dismissals target two independent agencies that oversee swaths of U.S. workers, employers and labor unions.

President Trump fired National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo. In an unprecedented move, he also ousted Democratic board member Gwynne Wilcox, leaving the board with no quorum.

Donald Trump is forcing out top leaders of the US labor board, ushering in a swift reboot of workplace law enforcement while testing the limits of presidential authority. Jennifer Abruzzo, the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board,

President Trump terminated Jennifer Abruzzo, the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, and Board Member

Democratic NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox called her removal “unprecedented and illegal” and vowed to challenge the decision.

The prospect of legal challenges to President Trump’s purges may be a feature, not a bug, for adherents of sweeping presidential authority.