Mazzant’s decision followed the 5th Circuit’s 2025 ruling in SpaceX v. NLRB. Still, Mazzant noted that several other courts had been asked to weigh in on whether NLRB’s unconstitutional removal protections were severable from its broader statute. Mazzant held that NLRB’s board members may be removed by the president. Following a 2024 opinion of the U.S. District for the District of Columbia, Mazzant wrote that NLRB’s ALJs must be removable at-will by the board’s members without involvement by MSPB. Judge Mark Pittman held in Aunt Bertha v. NLRB that NLRB’s unconstitutional removal protections could not be severed from the agency’s statute and permanently enjoined its administrative proceedings against a social services platform.