{"id":2503733,"date":"2025-10-28T08:02:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T12:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-asks-scotus-to-ok-library-of-congress-officials-firing\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T08:06:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T12:06:06","slug":"doj-asks-scotus-to-ok-library-of-congress-officials-firing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-asks-scotus-to-ok-library-of-congress-officials-firing\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Asks SCOTUS To OK Library Of Congress Official&#8217;s Firing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-asks-scotus-to-ok-library-of-congress-officials-firing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2503733&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. Justice Department has requested the Supreme Court to halt a lower court injunction that blocked President Trump from firing Shira Perlmutter, the former head of the U.S.Copyright Office at the Library of Congress. The injunction was issued by the D.C.Circuit Court of Appeals and challenged Trump&#8217;s authority to remove Perlmutter, especially after he appointed an acting Librarian of Congress, todd Blanche, replacing Obama appointee Carla Hayden. Perlmutter sued, claiming only the Librarian of Congress has the power to appoint or remove the Register of Copyrights. The Justice Department argues that the President has the constitutional authority to remove executive officers,including Perlmutter,whose role involves critically important executive power under Article II of the Constitution. This case is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/death-row-minister-receives-death-threats-after-lawsuit-goes-public\/\" title=\"Death row minister receives death threats after lawsuit goes public\">ongoing legal disputes<\/a> concerning presidential authority to oversee and remove <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-asks-two-biden-cabinet-members-whether-high-ranking-officials-are-using-encrypted-apps-to-cloak-communications\/\" title=\"GOP Senator Asks Two Biden Cabinet Members Whether \u2018High Ranking\u2019 Officials Are Using Encrypted Apps To \u2018Cloak\u2019 Communications\">executive branch officials<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Library_of_Congress_Main_Chamber.jpg\">Mathieu Landretti\/Wikimedia Commons\/<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/deed.en\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/28\/doj-asks-scotus-to-end-judicial-interference-with-trumps-firing-of-library-of-congress-official\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=DOJ%20Asks%20SCOTUS%20To%20End%20%E2%80%98Judicial%20Interference%E2%80%99%20With%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20Firing%20Of%20Library%20Of%20Congress%20Official&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/28\/doj-asks-scotus-to-end-judicial-interference-with-trumps-firing-of-library-of-congress-official\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=DOJ%20Asks%20SCOTUS%20To%20End%20%E2%80%98Judicial%20Interference%E2%80%99%20With%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20Firing%20Of%20Library%20Of%20Congress%20Official&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/28\/doj-asks-scotus-to-end-judicial-interference-with-trumps-firing-of-library-of-congress-official\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/28\/doj-asks-scotus-to-end-judicial-interference-with-trumps-firing-of-library-of-congress-official\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=DOJ%20Asks%20SCOTUS%20To%20End%20%E2%80%98Judicial%20Interference%E2%80%99%20With%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20Firing%20Of%20Library%20Of%20Congress%20Official&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/28\/doj-asks-scotus-to-end-judicial-interference-with-trumps-firing-of-library-of-congress-official\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>The Justice Department has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to shut down a lower court blockade against President Trump&rsquo;s bid to fire a top official at the Library of Congress. <\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/26198008-25a478-petition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emergency application for stay<\/a> filed on Monday, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer requested that the nation&rsquo;s highest court temporarily pause an injunction <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/10\/politics\/appeals-court-copyright-attorney-separation-of-powers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issued<\/a> last month by a three-judge panel on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. That panel (2-1) attempted to block the Trump administration&rsquo;s firing of Shira Perlmutter, who headed up the U.S. Copyright Office in the Library of Congress since 2020 until her <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2025\/10\/27\/supreme-court-asked-to-allow-removal-of-copyright-office-head\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">termination<\/a> in May.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1853871567\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Perlmutter&rsquo;s dismissal came shortly after Trump removed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/senate-confirms-carla-hayden-first-woman-african-american-named-librarian-congress#:~:text=Carla%20Hayden%2C%20first%20female%20and,confirmed%20by%20Senate%20%7C%20PBS%20News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Obama-appointed<\/a> Carla Hayden as Librarian of Congress. Hayden has been replaced by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who is filling the position on an &ldquo;acting&rdquo; basis.<\/p>\n<p>Following her termination, Perlmutter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/05\/23\/nx-s1-5408982\/register-of-copyrights-lawsuit-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sued<\/a> the federal government, claiming that Trump lacked the authority to implement a temporary Librarian of Congress and that only the latter can appoint and remove registers of the U.S. Copyright Office such as herself. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In short, the President&rsquo;s attempt to name Mr. Blanche as acting Librarian of Congress was unlawful and ineffective, and therefore Mr. Blanche cannot remove or replace Ms. Perlmutter,&rdquo; the lawsuit reads. <\/p>\n<p>In asking the Supreme Court to temporarily stay the D.C. Circuit Court&rsquo;s injunction, Sauer argued that the administration&rsquo;s newest application filed with the high court represents &ldquo;another case of improper judicial interference with the President&rsquo;s power to remove executive officers &mdash;here, the Register of Copyrights.&rdquo; He specifically claimed that Perlmutter&rsquo;s position is &ldquo;an inferior officer appointed by the Librarian of Congress, who is, despite his title, a principal executive officer&rdquo; and who &ldquo;wields executive power by exercising &lsquo;significant regulatory authority over copyrights&rsquo; &hellip; &mdash; impacting a wide array of crucial intellectual-property issues.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Librarian and Register exercise powers that this Court has repeatedly classified as executive, such as the power to issue rules implementing a federal statute, to issue orders in administrative adjudications, and even to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >conduct foreign relations relating<\/a> to copyright issues,&rdquo; Sauer wrote. &ldquo;The Librarian and Register are appointed under Article II&rsquo;s Appointments Clause, not under Article I&rsquo;s provisions authorizing each House of Congress to choose its own officers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As in past cases where lower courts have impaired the President&rsquo;s constitutional authority to oversee executive agencies, this Court should grant a stay: the case is certworthy, the President had authority to direct respondent&rsquo;s removal, the D.C. Circuit lacked equitable authority to reinstate her, and the balance of equities favors the government,&rdquo; he added. <\/p>\n<p>The case is the latest in a series of legal disputes involving the president&rsquo;s Article II authority to remove certain executive branch officials. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, for instance, SCOTUS granted the Trump administration&rsquo;s request to temporarily pause a lower court injunction seeking to stop the president from firing a Democrat member of the Federal Trade Commission. Notably, the high court, while agreeing to take up and hear arguments in the case (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/30\/the-federalists-guide-to-the-2025-supreme-court-term\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump v. Slaughter<\/a><\/em>), tasked both parties to address whether longstanding Supreme Court precedent (<em>Humphrey&rsquo;s Executor v. U.S.<\/em>) that <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/23\/scotus-tees-up-potential-takedown-of-progressives-independent-agencies-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">helped birth<\/a> the administrative state should be overturned. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. 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