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major legal battle is unfolding over whether President Trump had the power to fire two Senate-confirmed officials from independent federal agencies. One is Jocelyn Samuels, formerly of the EEOC. The other is Gwynne Wilcox, who had just started a second term on the NLRB. Their cases are raising serious questions about how much control a president can exercise over agencies that are supposed to be independent.
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;DR: Jocelyn Samuels is suing President Trump and the EEOC, arguing that her removal as Commissioner violated legal protections meant to keep politics out of the agency and left it unable to function.