Amazon and SpaceX face dismissal of NLRB challenges as judges question premature appeals over alleged labor law violations.

Attorneys for Amazon and Elon Musk’s SpaceX argued in a federal appeals court Monday that the National Labor Relations Board’s structure is unconstitutional, advancing a legal fight that may last into the Trump administration where Musk is expected to oversee bureaucratic cost-cutting.

A panel of U.S. judges on Monday seemed likely to rule that Amazon.com and Elon Musk's SpaceX were too quick to bring their challenges to the National Labor Relations Board's structure to an appeals court.

Amazon and SpaceX are seeking to hamstring the National Labor Relations Board, asking a court to declare its processes for upholding labor law unconstitutional. But judges on a three-person panel appeared skeptical when the companies presented their arguments Monday.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Corp. today argued in a federal appeals court that the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional. In separate cases, attorneys for the two companies told a panel of judges at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that the labor agency,

Big Tech's big war on American labor watchdog stumbles... bigly Amazon and SpaceX argued in court today that the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is an unconstitutional body – but a three-judge panel didn't seem particularly enamored of their arguments.