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US Supreme Court Blocks Trump’s Request to Fire Whistleblower Agency Chief<\/strong><\/p>\n WASHINGTON: On Friday, the US Supreme Court put a temporary hold on former President Donald Trump’s request to dismiss the leader of a whistleblower protection agency. This marks the court’s first involvement with Trump\u2019s executive actions since he took office again.<\/p>\n The court stated that it could revisit the issue next week when a temporary order from a trial judge, which keeps the official in their position, is set to end.<\/p>\n The Supreme Court\u2019s unsigned decision explained, \u201cThe application to vacate the order\u2026 is held in abeyance until February 26, when the TRO is set to expire.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump’s administration sought permission from the Supreme Court to fire Hampton Dellinger, who heads the Office of Special Counsel. This appeal was notable as it was Trump\u2019s first to the Supreme Court since he returned to the presidency, during which he has issued numerous controversial executive orders.<\/p>\n Earlier this month, on February 7, the White House dismissed Dellinger. In response, he filed a lawsuit against the president, leading a district court to order his reinstatement. The US Court of Appeals upheld this decision, denying the Trump administration’s plea to overturn it.<\/p>\n In its emergency appeal to the Supreme Court, the administration claimed that the situation represented \u201can unprecedented assault on the separation of powers that warrants immediate relief.\u201d<\/p>\n The Supreme Court, which includes three justices appointed by Trump, is expected to play a crucial role as some experts warn of a potential constitutional crisis. This situation arises as Trump continues to explore the boundaries of his executive authority.<\/p>\n Since beginning his second term last month, Trump has initiated a campaign, supported by major donor Elon Musk, aimed at reducing or reshaping significant portions of the US government.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" US Supreme Court Blocks Trump’s Request to Fire Whistleblower Agency Chief WASHINGTON: On Friday, the US Supreme Court put a temporary hold on former President Donald Trump’s request to dismiss the leader of a whistleblower protection agency. This marks the court’s first involvement with Trump\u2019s executive actions since he took office again. The court stated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[300,359,7926],"class_list":["post-7227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business-news","tag-donald-trump","tag-elon-musk","tag-us-supreme-court"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}