Judge declares Trump's use of Alien Enemies Act 'unlawful'
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President Donald Trump was present at a meeting with the Fraternal Order of Police held in the State Dining Room of the White House on Thursday, June 5, 2025, in Washington (AP Photo/Alex Brandon).

A federal court in Maryland directed the Trump administration on Thursday to restore three members from the Biden era to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

In a 31-page memorandum opinion, U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Maddox, appointed by Joe Biden, granted a permanent injunction after deciding on competing motions for summary judgment.

The court’s order will remain in effect until the case concludes at the district court level or is stayed by an intervening court.

“Each Plaintiff, having been duly appointed to serve as a CPSC Commissioner and not lawfully removed from that position, ‘has a clear and indisputable right to’ to their office, and Defendants have a ‘clear’ and ‘official’ duty to provide each Plaintiff access to the resources necessary and available for each Plaintiff to perform their official duties,” the opinion reads.

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The issue before the court was whether or not President Donald Trump, by way of individuals “purporting to speak” on his behalf, had the authority to fire the trio – as the government did in early May, according to the 7-page complaint filed late last month.

“No explanation was offered, including no suggestion that any Plaintiff had engaged in any neglect of duty or malfeasance in office,” the lawsuit filed by Mary Boyle, Alexander Hoehn-Saric, and Richard Trumka Jr. reads.

In no uncertain terms, Maddox determined the 45th and 47th president lacks the authority to fire the plaintiffs in such a fashion.

“[T]he Court finds no constitutional defect in the statutory restriction on Plaintiffs’ removal and that Plaintiffs’ purported removal from office was unlawful,” the opinion reads.

Readers may recall that this very issue made its way through several different cases in the D.C. District Court system. The administration similarly moved to fire members of the Merit Systems Protection Board, Office of Special Counsel, and National Labor Relations Board. But the results have been mixed.

In each instance, the plaintiffs won reprieves from district courts — temporarily maintaining their jobs. On appeal, two of them won – resulting in the U.S. Supreme Court staying those wins. One employee lost on appeal and then dropped his reinstatement bid.

Effectively, the Trump administration has come away from such scrapes with a 3-0 record – though for two distinct reasons. But, the merits have yet to be truly decided. And, in each case, the same 1935 Supreme Court case has proven both instructive and decisive.

The case in question, Humphrey’s Executor, stands for the idea that Congress intended to keep “quasi judicial and quasi legislative” agencies largely insulated from the whims of the president.

And here, the court again found the case controlling.

The plaintiffs argued their jobs were safe until statutorily-defined periods – a form of tenure – based on when they were appointed.

The government, for their part, argued those statutory tenure protection are invalid because they pose too much of an impediment to the executive branch’s removal power under Article II of the Constitution.

“Although this case presents no material factual disputes, the contested legal issue central to this case is whether Plaintiffs’ statutory tenure protection in 15 U.S.C. § 2053(a) infringes upon the President’s Article II removal power,” the opinion continues. “This Court holds that § 2053(a) is not inconsistent with Article II, agreeing with several other courts that statutory tenure protection for CPSC Commissioners is constitutionally justified by the Humphrey’s Executor exception to the President’s removal power.”

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