The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 21 declined to allow the Trump administration to immediately fire Office of Special Counsel chief Hampton Dellinger.
The court ruled that, at least for the time being, it will allow a temporary block of Dellinger’s firing to stand until it expires next week.
The application by the Trump administration to undo the order which is set to expire on Feb. 26, will be “held in abeyance”—or delay action—until that date.
The Trump administration argued it had the authority to fire Dellinger even though he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Feb. 16 to allow it to fire the head of the agency that protects whistleblowers after lower courts said it could not….