A.G. Gancarski
A former Jacksonville Mayor seeks legal redress after President Donald Trump’s administration removed him without cause from the National Transportation Safety Board.
Alvin Brown, a former Vice Chair of the panel, is suing Trump, NTSB Board Chair Jennifer Homendy, and the NTSB itself after the change in administrations rendered the Democrat expendable and allegedly “undermined the NTSB’s historic independence and interfered with its statutorily mandated duties to investigate and report on certain aircraft accidents, highway accidents, railroad accidents, marine casualties, and transportation accidents that are catastrophic or recurring.”
The filing in the D.C. federal court further alleges “significant and damaging consequences for the work of the Board” have been caused by Brown’s removal. However, it stops short of specifically citing what those consequences might be.
Central to Brown’s argument is that the May termination notice from Trent Morse, the Deputy Director of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel, gives no reason for the termination.
The suit does cite Brown’s “long and distinguished career in urban planning, public administration, and transportation as a public servant.”
“He served as senior advisor to former Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, Vice President Al Gore’s Senior Advisor for Urban Policy, and executive director of the White House Community Empower Board. He was the first-ever Black person elected as mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, and served from 2011 to 2015. During his mayoral tenure, he served as Chair of the Port and Exports Council and Vice-Chair of the Transportation Committee for the United States Conference of Mayors. He also served as senior advisor for community infrastructure opportunities at the United States Department of Transportation.”
Lawyers from the Democracy Forward Foundation and Justice Legal Strategies, PLLC, are representing Brown.
The former group seeks to “bring anti-democratic actors to account,” while the latter “provides customized legal, management, and strategic assistance to those in the progressive movement and their allies.”
Brown was appointed through the end of 2026, and seeks restoration until his term was slated to end.
10 comments
PeterH
June 7, 2025 at 1:18 pm
Oh look, another Trump lawsuit!
KJP
June 7, 2025 at 7:09 pm
Ben Crump with his entourage lead by Al Sharpton on its way. And for you Peter H this is America. Lawsuits unfortunately are a big part of our life and lotto fever runs supreme
MH/Duuuval
June 8, 2025 at 9:22 am
Peachy couldn’t pass up an opportunity to do a racist smirch.
KJP
June 8, 2025 at 10:06 am
The truth hurts doesn’t it MH.
MH/Duuuval
June 8, 2025 at 7:43 pm
Which truth? That Trumpland lives and dies by lawsuits, or that you never pass up a chance to inject race gratuitously.
the Truth
June 7, 2025 at 1:25 pm
lost respect for Alvin brown, elections have consequences,,, he wants his own people,,, get over it,,, you just want a paycheck
Furbish O'Rourke
June 9, 2025 at 11:03 am
The NTSB board is statutorily required to have no more than three members of the same party out of five so can’t be all Republican anyway, and Congress set the board to have terms, not “at will” positions. These random firings are both stupid and unsupportable – but that’s Trump for ya.
Furbish O'Rourke
June 9, 2025 at 11:03 am
The NTSB board is statutorily required to have no more than three members of the same party out of five so can’t be all Republican anyway, and Congress set the board to have terms, not “at will” positions. These random firings are both stupid and unsupportable – but that’s Trump for ya.
Wendy
June 9, 2025 at 11:52 am
Another DEI hire deservedly bites the dust!
MH/Duuuval
June 9, 2025 at 9:00 pm
The MAGA loyalty test is now the model in play: J6 insurrectionists were good people and Trump can make no mistakes. And, you must explain how you will carry out a specific Trump policy.
Should be a cakewalk for you, Windy.
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