US EditionSupreme Court won’t immediately let Trump administration fire copyright office head
The Supreme Court postponed ruling on Trump’s effort to remove Shira Perlmutter, maintaining lower court protections that require Congress’s input for such firings.
- On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court delayed action on President Donald Trump's bid to remove Shira Perlmutter, leaving lower-court protections in place pending rulings in related cases.
- After replacing the Librarian, the administration installed Todd Blanche, who then tried to remove Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights.
- A federal appeals court found that Blanche could not fire Shira Perlmutter without congressional input because the Librarian and Register are "legislative officers," while Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued the Register wields executive power in regulating copyrights.
- Arguments are set for December and January, and the U.S. Supreme Court rulings will shape President Donald Trump's ability to install allies and affect broader removal battles.
- Perlmutter says she was fired in May after advising Congress on AI, and her attorneys highlight her long service since her October 2020 appointment as a renowned copyright expert.
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Supreme Court Won’t Let Trump Fire Copyright Office Chief for Now
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 t…
Supreme Court punts on Trump bid to fire register of copyrights
The Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will wait until two other cases before the justices are resolved before deciding whether to allow the Trump administration to fire Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter. The brief, unsigned order defers a decision on the emergency docket petition until the cases Trump. v. Slaughter, a merits docket case over whether the president may fire an FTC commissioner without cause, and Trump v. Cook, an eme…
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Supreme Court won't immediately let Trump administration fire copyright office head
The Supreme Court won’t immediately allow the Trump administration to fire the director of the U.S. Copyright Office, instead delaying a decision until after they rule in two other high-profile firing cases.
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