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Fifth Circuit Panel Finds Unconstitutional Removal Protections Favoring NLRB Members And ALJs

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On August 19, 2025, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a long-anticipated opinion that the NLRA’s protections for Board Members and Administrative Law Judges from presidential removal are...more

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Bad news for Wilcox? Removal protections for NLRB members, ALJs are “likely” unconstitutional, appeals court finds

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has upheld three orders that bar the National Labor Relations Board from pursuing unfair labor practice cases against SpaceX and two other employers. ...more

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Fifth Circuit Panel Says NLRB Judge, Member Removal Protections Likely Unconstitutional

On August 19, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the issuance of preliminary injunctions by district courts that halted National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) unfair labor practice (ULP) proceedings...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Fifth Circuit Decision on NLRB ALJs Raises Constitutional Questions for OSHRC Removal Protections

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ August 2025 decision that addressed the constitutionality of dual for-cause removal protections for administrative law judges (ALJs) at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has...more

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