Public broadcasters sued the administration, accusing the Trump administration of illegally trying to fire three members of the company’s board, including Tom Rothman, head of Hollywood’s top studios.

The nonprofit company claims that the president has no authority to terminate the board of directors because it is not a federal agency controlled by the executive branch.

The White House emailed Rothman, Diane Kaplan and Laura Ross on Monday informing them of shooting. "On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I inform you that your position on the public broadcaster will be terminated immediately," the news read.

The lawsuit attempted to block the termination and demanded a court order prohibiting the government from taking further action to interfere with the company's operations.

The Trump administration’s firing is the latest shift in the campaign against public broadcasters, which spends more than $500 million a year to promote organizations such as NPR, PBS and other public broadcasters. Republicans have proposed legislation to eliminate taxpayers’ funding for the media, and the White House fishing tends to fish $1 billion in North-North, which raises funds to be planned in public broadcasts to effectively eliminate all government support for such media organizations. During a congressional hearing last month, PBS and NPR denied allegations of liberal bias.

The lawsuit argues that Congress intends to become a private company for public broadcasters, a private company controlled by the president. It points to the language in legislation, the organization created directors, who were forced to seize their positions only in less than half of all board meetings in a year.

The group said in a bid for the temporary restraining order: “The bill and legislative history clearly show that the CPB was created in this way to prevent government control or influence its actions.”

Board members are appointed by the president for a six-year term, but are confirmed by the Senate. All three directors who were trying to open the fire were defeated by Joe Biden.

If termination is allowed, the public broadcaster said the loss of public trust and the "possible damage to the CPB itself" would be compromised. It claims to be in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, the way the Act governs the body operates, and appropriations, grants and adopts Clare provisions to achieve the executive’s review of laws passed by Congress circumventing the law, and another claim covering the separation of powers.

The court is scheduled to hold a hearing this afternoon.