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Federal workers turn to little-known ‘merit board’ as they try to avoid Trump’s mass layoffs

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Federal workers are rushing to a little-known and understaffed office to try to save their jobs.

The Merit Systems Protection Board , or MSPB , is facing an avalanche of new cases.

More than 2,700 cases have been filed since Trump ’s inauguration.

The board has fewer than 190 staffers, and many employees are lawyers and “nerds” who are enthralled by federal procedure.

The MSPB can’t issue final decisions without a quorum.

The board’s final ruling can then be appealed in the federal courts.

There are some steps Trump could take to try to neutralize the agency and slow down its work.

There is currently a 2 -1 Democratic majority on the board.

Trump could try to find a rationale that passes legal muster to fire Harris or any of the other MSPB members.

But it would need to hold up in court.

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