Amicus Briefs
Boyle v. Trump
CASE SUMMARY
NCLA urges the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to reverse a district court ruling against President Trump’s firing of three Consumer Product Safety Commission commissioners. A Maryland district judge ruled that the President unlawfully terminated Commissioners Mary Boyle, Alexander Hoehn-Saric, and Richard Trumka, Jr. They were briefly reinstated by court order but ultimately removed from office after the Supreme Court stayed that decision in July. NCLA now asks the Fourth Circuit to correct the district judge’s error for good and send the case back to that court for summary judgment in favor of the President, recognizing his absolute constitutional authority to remove CPSC commissioners and all other principal officers of the Executive Branch.