The Supreme Court has denied an emergency appeal by President Donald Trump seeking to immediately fire Office of Special Counsel chief Hampton Dellinger. The post DENIED: Trump Emergency Appeal To Fire Watchdog Immediately Rejected In Unsigned Supreme Court Order first appeared on Mediaite.

The Supreme Court has temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers.

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that an order reinstating Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger into his position will remain in place for at least a few days while a lower court process plays out. The Trump administration had asked the justices to lift the order from Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.

A lawyer for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally gunning down U.S. health insurance executive Brian Thompson in December, told a judge Friday that her client was illegally searched during his arrest and she would seek to exclude that evidence from his trial on state murder and terrorism charges.

This article was updated on Feb. 18 at 12:37 p.m. The Trump administration on Sunday asked the Supreme Court to block an order by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that would require the president

The justices deferred ruling, for now, on the first test of executive power to reach the high court during Donald Trump’s second term.

The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked President Donald Trumps effort to remove Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel, delaying action until6. The courts decision follows a February

The Trump administration fired Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel, who sued to overturn the decision.