Supreme Court declines to intervene for now in Trump's bid to fire head of whistleblower office
President Trump removed Hampton Dellinger from his position as special counsel on Feb. 7, but a federal judge ordered him to be reinstated for a short period.
US Supreme Court declines to let Trump immediately fire agency head
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Friday to let Donald Trump immediately fire the head of a federal watchdog agency after a judge's order had temporarily blocked the Republican president from ousting the official.
Supreme Court maintains pause on Trump bid to immediately fire watchdog agency head
The Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, weighs in on a case involving the new Trump administration for the first time.
Supreme Court sidesteps Trump’s effort to remove watchdog agency head
The Supreme Court on Friday left in place for now an order by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that instructed President Donald Trump to temporarily reinstate the head of an independent federal agency tasked with protecting whistleblowers from retaliation.
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow firing of whistleblower agency head
President Trump's firings of the members of independent agencies and boards have prompted a string of legal fights that could set the Supreme Court up to reconsider and potentially overturn a 90-year-old decision that shields certain executive branch officials from being removed after political shifts in the White House.
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Watchdog agency head tells justices to stay out of firing dispute
Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger told the justices on Tuesday to leave in place a federal judge’s temporary order to ...
Layoffs halted at CFPB for now as judge considers union’s lawsuit
Although a federal judge issued an order confirming a temporary hold on layoffs at the consumer watchdog agency, its staffers ...
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Federal Judge Issues Order Prohibiting Massive Layoffs, Budget Cuts at CFPB Pending Ruling on Motion for Preliminary Injunction
A federal judge has issued an order temporarily prohibiting the Trump Administration from imposing mass layoffs and budget cuts at the CFPB.
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Judge blocks efforts to dismantle consumer watchdog CFPB
A federal judge has ordered a halt to efforts to dismantle and close down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Acting on a lawsuit filed by num ...
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Judge to Trump-terminated ethics watchdog: You’re un-fired
Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued the reprieve to Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger, after he sued to contest the Friday night email he received from the White House indicating he’d been dismissed ...
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Judge blocks mass layoffs at consumer protection agency targeted by Trump
In a Friday order, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Trump officials had agreed not to terminate workers, delete CFPB data or raid agency coffers, at least for now. It’s the latest ...
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Another day, another activist judge: Trump blocked from firing CFPB employees
An Obama judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from firing Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) employees.