A federal judge says 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.

President Trump unlawfully fired Gwynne Wilcox, a Democratic member at the National Labor Relations Board, a federal judge ruled Thursday, ordering she resume working. Why it matters: It's a loss for the Trump administration,

Trump’s attempt to remove a National Labor Relations Board member “was a blatant violation of the law,” a federal judge in the District of Columbia wrote.

A federal appeals court on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump to fire the head of a watchdog agency responsible for protecting whistleblowers. The unsigned order by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit pauses a lower court order that reinstated Office of Special Counsel chief Hampton Dellinger.

A federal appeals court on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump to temporarily remove the head of an independent watchdog agency while the judges decide whether the president has the authority to fire him without cause.