The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 26 put off ruling on whether President Donald Trump may fire the director of the U.S. Copyright Office until after it rules on the president’s firing of two members of independent agencies.
The new ruling allows Shira Perlmutter to remain in office as Register of Copyrights until at least early in the new year.
The federal government’s emergency application filed Oct. 27 sought to uphold Perlmutter’s firing after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled against the government earlier this year.
Perlmutter sued the Trump administration after she was fired in May, arguing that the termination violated federal law….
Supreme Court Won’t Let Trump Fire Copyright Office Chief for Now
