A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that President Trump's firing of two Democrats on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) were unlawful, deeming them "null and void."

U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said that PCLOB's "responsibility" to oversee the government's counterterrorism actions and policies and recommend changes is "incompatible" with at-will removal by the president.

He invalidated Trump's firings of Travis LeBlanc and Edward Felten, two of PCLOB's three Democratic members, after determining that the board's structure and........

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