Judge Rules Against Trump’s Firing of FLRA Official

A federal judge ruled that President Trump couldn’t remove Chinese Susan Tsui Grundmann from the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA).

Judge Sparkle Sooknanan says the move raised constitutional concerns.

So she ordered Tsui Grundmann to be reinstated.

Again, we have America being ruled by judges. Did any of us vote for them to be president?

The decision highlights an ongoing debate between liberal judges and President Trump.

And here’s Judge Sooknanan, Biden’s pick that is stopping Trump:

Kudos to Sparkle Sooknanan ’10, who Pres. Biden nominated for District Judge, US District Court for District of Columbia. She is Principal Deputy Assistant AG in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. https://t.co/VjF3BHGnZF#brooklawalumni
Photo: ©Patrice Gilbert pic.twitter.com/OpemWHBhEw

— Brooklyn Law School (@brooklynlaw) February 21, 2024

I’m getting strong American vibes, are you? No? Well, she was born in Trinidad/Tobago.

A Trinidadian fighting for a Chinese woman in opposition of our American President. Something seems awfully wrong here.

The U.S. is "not an autocracy," Judge Sparkle Sooknanan wrote in her ruling. " It is a system of checks and. balances." https://t.co/JVDUXgGDE6

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) March 12, 2025

Newsweek reports:

A federal judge on Wednesday sharply rebuked President Donald Trump’s defense that the Constitution vests him with the power to unilaterally fire federal workers as the head of the executive branch.

“The Government’s arguments paint with a broad brush and threaten to upend fundamental protections in our Constitution,” U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan wrote. “But ours is not an autocracy; it is a system of checks and. balances.”

Sooknanan on Wednesday became the latest judge to push back on Trump and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s crusade to rapidly shrink the size of the federal government through a combination of firings, forced resignations and deferred resignation offers.

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Sooknanan ruled that Trump’s firing of Susan Tsui Grundmann, a member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), was unconstitutional.

Congress created the FLRA to manage and resolve disputes related to labor organization in the federal workforce.

Sooknanan, who was appointed to the judiciary by President Joe Biden in January, noted that Congress gave FLRA members some statutory protections saying they could only be removed for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office and only after receiving notice and a hearing.

“In the nearly fifty years since the FLRA’s creation, no President has ever removed a Member,” Sooknanan wrote. “Until now. On February 10, 2025, the Plaintiff, Susan Tsui Grundmann, received a two-sentence email on behalf of President Donald J. Trump informing her that her position on the FLRA had been terminated.”

I wonder where this Chinese woman’s loyalties lie?

A federal judge ruled today that President Trump was not within his authority to
remove Susan Tsui Grundmann, a Democratic member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA). The decision by U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan marks a significant setback for Trump. pic.twitter.com/UxElsW9pfE

— Larissa (@amylcris) March 12, 2025

And that judge reminds me of someone else from Trinidad…

Anne Dookhan born in Trinidad came here to America just to be a chemist to tamper with drug evidence for over 40k police cases leading to convictions and destroying lives. pic.twitter.com/2f1D0IKbML

— Wise Intellect (@IntellectWise) March 8, 2025

We’ve been infiltrated for a long time.