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 blocking Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger from being fired.
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.
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.
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.
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 President Donald Trump on Monday, saying he was illegally fired as part of the president’s massive overhaul of the government.
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 ...
Hecker Fink Wins TRO Restraining Trump's Special Counsel Firing Decision
"The effort by the White House to terminate the Special Counsel without identifying any cause plainly contravenes the statute ...
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 ...