Overview

• Judges blocked NLRB unfair‑labor‑practice proceedings against SpaceX, Energy Transfer, and Findhelp while constitutional challenges proceed.
• Judge Don Willett wrote that limits on removing NLRB administrative law judges and board members likely violate separation‑of‑powers principles.
• The decision is the first by a federal appeals court to find the NLRB’s removal protections likely illegal, heightening the stakes for potential further review.
• The panel—two Trump appointees and one George H. W. Bush appointee—upheld Texas district court injunctions that had frozen the three cases.
• The NLRB has been unable to issue decisions since President Trump removed board member Gwynne Wilcox, and the board and companies did not immediately comment.