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Between the close of business on Monday, January 27 and the following morning, President Trump discharged Jennifer Abruzzo from her duties as the general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board. Jessica Rutter was elevated from deputy general counsel to acting general counsel, the agency announced Tuesday.

It was anticipated that President Trump would remove Abruzzo in the manner President Biden terminated General Counsel Peter Robb on inauguration day. The President’s authority to remove the general counsel was upheld by the courts.

For many of us who have been watching the changes made in various administrative agencies the appointments by President Trump to fill the two empty positions on the NLRB is a key start in making changes in a number of over-reaching decisions during the Obama administration. With the changeover to a new General Counsel in…