Alright, Boyz. Let the SCOTUS show(s) begin.
Anyone know how impromptu cases work? I'd guess that SCOTUS has a full 2025 docket already so are they able to insert this (and others) into their schedule? Or are new ones taken but in later +1 or +2 years?
Just a moment...
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President Donald Trump’s bid to expand his power to fire executive branch officials reached the Supreme Court on Sunday — the first of many fast-moving legal challenges during the early weeks of Trump’s second term to land at the high court.
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Trump fired Dellinger, an appointee of Joe Biden, on Feb. 7. Dellinger sued to get his job back, citing a federal statute that limits the ability of the president to remove the special counsel.
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Late Saturday, a divided appeals court panel declined to disturb the district judge’s order, prompting the Trump administration to go to the Supreme Court.
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A nearly century-old Supreme Court precedent upheld federal laws that restrict the president’s ability to fire officials who run independent federal agencies. But the high court has narrowed that precedent in recent years
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