The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), its Board, and individual Board members are challenging President Trump's removal of three CPB Board members. The plaintiffs argue that the President lacked the authority to remove these board members from the congressionally-created private corporation. They claim that these actions violated the Administrative Procedure Act; the separation of powers; and the Presentment, Appropriations, and Take Care Clauses of the Constitution. The plaintiffs ask the court to declare the removal of Board members Laura G. Ross, Thomas E. Rothman, and Diane Kaplan illegal and without legal effect, and they ask the court to enjoin the defendants from taking further action to this effect.
