Federal judge Mark Pittman, a Trump appointee frequently in the news because of his partisan rulings, upon issuing a temporary injunction against the NLRB, said an employer accused of union-busting was “likely to prevail” in arguing the federal agency’s structure is unconstitutional (read story here).
The NLRB is a federal labor-relations agency established in the 1930s are part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s depression-era New Deal program. It enforces collective bargaining rights in the private sector.
Pittman (photo, left; bio here) is one of several controversial Trump judges trying to impose a conservative legal regime on the U.S. by overturning long-established legal precedents. He is based in Texas, but his rulings can have nationwide reach.