Judge Finds Trump Unlawfully Fired Head of Federal Employee Labor Board
13th March 2025
The Hill, a Voice of the Crust.
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that President Trump’s firing of the head of a board that resolves disputes between federal employees and the government was unlawful.
U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan’s ruling in favor of Susan Grundmann, the Democratic-appointed chair of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), is the latest to push back on Trump’s efforts to consolidate control over independent agencies in an expanded view of presidential power.
“Sparkle Sooknanan”? You can’t make this shit up. Needless to say, she is a Woman of Color, appointed by Joe Biden during his Senility Phase, and approved by the Senate on a straight party-line vote.
Per Wikipedia:
From 2014 to 2021, Sooknanan worked in private practice at Jones Day, becoming a partner at the firm in 2020. Sooknanan resigned from Jones Day in January 2021. Before her resignation, The New York Times reported that she denounced the firm’s work in Pennsylvania on behalf of the Trump administration, saying that one lawsuit “was brought for no other reason than to deprive poor people of the right to vote.” In her 2024 confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate, Sooknanan denied saying this, stating “Those were not my words. I do not know who provided that quote to the reporter.”
And there you have Democrat D.C. in a nutshell.