Supreme Court declines to allow Trump to fire Copyright Office director pending litigation.
The Supreme Court denied the Trump administration's emergency request to remove Shira Perlmutter from her position as Register of Copyrights while her lawsuit proceeds. Perlmutter argues her position is legislative, placing it outside presidential removal authority, after Trump attempted to fire her following an AI and copyright report.
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CBS frames the ruling as a rare loss for the Trump administration amid broader expansion of presidential power, while CNN emphasizes the blockbuster decisions on presidential power and details the high drama of Trump loyalists showing up at the building.
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“Supreme Court says nation's top copyright official can keep job for now”
“Library of Congress official Trump tried to fire can keep her job for now, Supreme Court says”
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