The CPB and the fired board members sued Trump and several administration officials and offices on April 29, saying that the president has no power to fire board members. The CPB is not a federal agency but instead a private corporation whose "board members cannot be affected, controlled, or disturbed by the actions of the government," the lawsuit said.

On June 8, Moss denied the CPB's motion for a preliminary injunction that would have blocked the firings. Moss said he found it "difficult to fathom that Congress intended to provide the members of the Corporation's Board with essentially irrevocable tenure."

The Trump administration's lawsuit pointed to Moss's order, saying the board members "are defiantly acting as if the Court granted the relief the Court denied."

"Despite the Court's denial of their request for preliminary relief, Defendants have continued to usurp the office of board member of the CPB, including by participating in board meetings, voting on resolutions and other business that comes before the board, and presenting themselves to the public as board members. All of this is manifestly unlawful," the lawsuit said.

I have wanted to see more people just ignoring Trump's BS orders, so I'm very interested in how this plays out. The one-sidedness of Trump doing random illegal stuff and the Democrats slowly fighting back as if we're engaged in a legal dispute is despiriting.