The Supreme Court on Friday for now prevented President Donald Trump from firing the head of a watchdog agency in the first legal showdown to reach the justices over the administration’s efforts to dramatically remake the federal government.
In an unusual, tentative move, the court neither granted nor denied an emergency request filed by the Trump administration after lower courts had blocked the effort to fire Hampton Dellinger, who heads the Office of Special Counsel.
Instead, in a brief order, the court said it would not immediately act because lower court proceedings are moving quickly. A hearing is scheduled for Feb. 26.
The court, which said it was holding the Trump request "in abeyance," could act after that.
Two justices, liberals Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson said they would have denied the application outright, while of the court's conservatives — Justice Neil Gorsuch and Justice Clarence Thomas — said they would have granted it.
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Im not holding my breath that this court does anything good in the end. The guys who declared Trump immune from punishment are gonna be cheering this on (but with fancy sounding words to seem like serious, professional thinkers)
We have… a little ounce of hope?