The first case of Trump’s second term reaches the high court
It took less than a month for a case from Donald Trump’s second presidential term to reach the Supreme Court. The administration’s appeal stems from Trump’s attempt to fire a top government watchdog in a dispute that implicates longstanding precedent that protects independent federal agencies.
First Test of Trump’s Power to Fire Officials Reaches Supreme Court
The court’s conservative majority may be receptive to the argument that presidents have unlimited power to remove leaders of independent agencies.
Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to let the firing of whistleblower agency head proceed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to permit the firing of the head of the federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers, according to documents obtained Sunday that would mark the first appeal to the justices since President Donald Trump took office.
Trump administration firings face first Supreme Court test
The Supreme Court could rule as early as this week on whether Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger should be reinstated and given access to his office, the first legal clash to reach the justices during this Trump administration over congressional protections for some federal officials.
What to know about Trump’s appeal to the Supreme Court
Supreme Court could decide who Trump is allowed to fire
In what could be the first Supreme Court case of its kind, the Justice Department is expected to ask the Supreme Court to keep a fired government watchdog off the job while litigation proceeds. The implications of that potential case could ultimately decide who the president is allowed to fire,
Trump appeals to Supreme Court over firing of US agency boss
President Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to allow him to fire the head of an independent ethics agency that protects whistleblower federal employees. He has filed an emergency appeal to the country's highest court to rule on whether he can fire Hampton Dellinger,
First major challenge to Trump agenda heads to Supreme Court
President Donald Trump is facing multiple legal challenges to his recent executive actions, with the first major case heading to the Supreme Court involving the firing of Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel.
Trump admin makes emergency appeal to Supreme Court to allow whistleblower agency head’s firing
In an emergency appeal, Justice Department lawyers have asked the high court to lift a federal judge’s order temporarily ...
Trump Administration Appeals Special Counsel Case to SCOTUS—No, Not The Jack Smith Case.
I wrote about the case of Hampton Dellinger, who served as the sole director of the Office of Special Counsel. (I use the past tense quite ...
Supreme Court should keep whistleblower agency head in place for now, lawyers say in reply to Trump
The Supreme Court should reject an emergency appeal from the Trump administration asking for quick action to allow the firing of the head of the federal agency that protects whistleblowers.
West Pierce Fire & Rescue welcomes new commissioner
Commissioner Marshal "Scott" Dellinger was officially sworn into the West Pierce Fire & Rescue Board of Commissioners on ...
Trump Removal of Whistleblower Agency Head Blocked by Judge
A federal judge in Washington blocked for now President Donald Trump from removing the head of an independent US agency that ...
Head of the agency that protects whistleblowers sues Trump, saying his firing was illegal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Office of Special Counsel, a federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers, sued ...