DENIED: Trump Emergency Appeal To Fire Watchdog Immediately Rejected In Unsigned Supreme Court Order
The Supreme Court has denied an emergency appeal by President Donald Trump seeking to immediately fire Office of Special Counsel chief Hampton Dellinger, granting the watchdog at least a few more days on the job.
The Supreme Court won’t allow Trump to immediately fire head of whistleblower office
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers, in its first word on the many legal fights over President Donald Trump's second-term agenda.
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Supreme Court sidesteps Trump firing of watchdog post, for now
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that an order reinstating Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger will remain in place for at least a few days.
Supreme Court declines to intervene for now in Trump's bid to fire head of whistleblower office
President Trump removed Hampton Dellinger from his position as special counsel on Feb. 7, but a federal judge ordered him to be reinstated for a short period.
Supreme Court sidesteps Trump’s effort to remove watchdog agency head
The Supreme Court on Friday left in place for now an order by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that instructed President Donald Trump to temporarily reinstate the head of an independent federal agency tasked with protecting whistleblowers from retaliation.
US Supreme Court declines to let Trump immediately fire watchdog agency head
A federal judge on Monday denied a request by the Associated Press to restore full access for the news agency's journalists after President Donald Trump's White House barred them for continuing to refer to the Gulf of Mexico in coverage.
Trump Tells Supreme Court It Gave Him 'Unrestricted Power' to Fire People
President Donald Trump has reminded the Supreme Court that it gave him almost absolute immunity last year and the "unrestricted power" to fire federal officials. The statement came in his appeal to the Supreme Court after a lower federal court blocked him from firing special counsel Hampton Dellinger.
Supreme Court maintains pause on Trump bid to immediately fire watchdog agency head
The Supreme Court on Friday for now prevented President Donald Trump from firing the head of a watchdog agency in the first legal showdown to reach the justices over the administration’s efforts to dramatically remake the federal government.
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Courts Aren’t Trampling Trump, They’re Trampling the Voters
Rules limit the use of temporary restraining orders to the most extraordinary of circumstances — yet the administration is ...
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Coalition Of State AGs Join Suit To Challenge CFPB Shutdown
Twenty-three state attorneys general have joined a lawsuit to challenge the shutdown of the CFPB. On Feb. 20, New York ...
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Watchdog agency head tells justices to stay out of firing dispute
Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger told the justices on Tuesday to leave in place a federal judge’s temporary order to ...
New York joins over 20 other states to argue against shuttering CFPB
"Working families need the CFPB, especially as rising prices are making it hard to make ends meet and put food on the table." ...
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Federal Judge Issues Order Prohibiting Massive Layoffs, Budget Cuts at CFPB Pending Ruling on Motion for Preliminary Injunction
A federal judge has issued an order temporarily prohibiting the Trump Administration from imposing mass layoffs and budget cuts at the CFPB.