“As Gwynne Wilcox awaits a court ruling to determine if President Donald Trump had the power to remove her from the National Labor Relations Board, the tireless labor advocate returned to Detroit last week with a hero’s reception. Wilcox was the first Black woman to serve on the board since its inception. She was also the first person to be removed from the board by a sitting president in its 90-year existence. … On Thursday, Wilcox headlined Sugar Law Center’s annual “Essential Advocacy: For Economic & Social Justice” dinner and speaker event. .. John Philo, the executive and legal director of the Sugar Law Center, told Michigan Advance that honoring Wilcox as she continues her fight against the Trump administration meant a great deal to the organization. The president cannot remove someone who has not been alleged to have engaged in any type of negligence nor any type of cause. They never pretended to even allege that there was any cause. “It’s the living struggle that’s happening right now between those who believe in rule of law and those who believe strictly in power. And she is at the pivot point of that,” Philo said. See full article by Ben Solis from Michigan Advance.