The Justice Department has asked the Supreme Court to greenlight President Trump as head of the federal whistleblower protection agency.
A lower court has issued a ruling that temporarily restored Hampton Dillinger, whom former President Biden appointed to lead the Special Adviser Office (OSC), in his role after President Trump fired him earlier this month. did.
“The lawsuit includes an unprecedented attack on the separation of powers to guarantee immediate relief,” wrote Deputy Attorney General Sarah Harris.applicationAcquired by the Hill, but not yet sorted to the High Court.
Dillinger's role as a special advisor, unlike the role played by the same title in the Justice Department, places him in a major position to question the actions taken by the Trump administration. The OSC works to provide another pathway for whistleblowers to report concerns about government misconduct and to protect them from retaliation. It also addresses a potential violation of the Hatch Act, a law that litigates elections by federal employees.
Dellinger's lawyer Joshua Matz declined to comment.
Trump's sweeping actions to rebuild the federal government in his first weeks of office have led to dozens of lawsuits.
Eight agency-level inspectors and the Democratic National Labor Relations Committee, the Federal Labor Relations Bureau, and the Merit Systems Protection Committee also filed lawsuits.
The Supreme Court filing of the Department of Justice comes after the DC Court of Appealsrefused to appeal the administrationThis temporary order is usually unattractive, so it's a Saturday night.
“To date, as far as we know, the courts of American history have held the president responsible for enforcing the head of an agency that the president believes should not be entrusted with executive power, and he It has not invoked an injunction to prevent relying on the preferences of the Justice Department wrote in a Supreme Court application.
