{"id":2514894,"date":"2025-11-26T13:50:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T18:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-punts-on-trump-bid-to-fire-register-of-copyrights\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T13:52:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T18:52:02","slug":"supreme-court-punts-on-trump-bid-to-fire-register-of-copyrights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-punts-on-trump-bid-to-fire-register-of-copyrights\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court punts on Trump bid to fire register of copyrights"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fsupreme-court-punts-on-trump-bid-to-fire-register-of-copyrights%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=2514894&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. supreme Court has postponed its decision on the Trump administration&#8217;s request to fire Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter, choosing to first await rulings in two related cases. these pending cases-*Trump v. Slaughter*, which addresses whether the president can remove an FTC commissioner without cause, and *Trump v. cook*, concerning the firing of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook-will influence the Court&#8217;s ruling on Perlmutter&#8217;s situation. Until then, Perlmutter remains in her position, as reinstated by an appeals court. Justice Clarence Thomas dissented, favoring an immediate allowance for her removal. The administration argues that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >prior rulings incorrectly classified<\/a> the Register&#8217;s role as legislative rather than executive, limiting presidential authority. This case ties into a broader Supreme Court trend this year of allowing the president greater power to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/workers-face-gaps-in-dcs-readiness-as-back-to-the-office-mandate-kicks-in-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Workers face gaps in DC\u2019s readiness as back-to-the office mandate kicks in - Washington Examiner\">remove <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-keeps-pause-on-trump-bid-to-fire-watchdog-head\/\" title=\"... keeps pause on ... to ... watchdog head -\">independent agency heads<\/a><\/a>, potentially overturning the nearly 90-year-old *Humphrey&#8217;s Executor* precedent, which had restricted such firings to &#8220;for cause&#8221; reasons only.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Supreme Court punts on Trump bid to fire register of copyrights<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2410407\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\">Supreme Court<\/a> announced Wednesday that it will wait until two other cases before the justices are resolved before deciding whether to allow the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\">Trump administration<\/a> to fire Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter.<\/p>\n<p>The brief, unsigned <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/orders\/courtorders\/112625zr_gfbi.pdf\">order<\/a> defers a decision on the emergency docket petition until the cases <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3818917\/supreme-court-to-hear-ftc-firing-lawsuit-challenge-humphreys-executor\/\">Trump. v. Slaughter<\/a><\/em>, a merits docket case over whether the president may fire an FTC commissioner without cause, and <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3832013\/supreme-court-lisa-cook-firing-january-oral-arguments\/\">Trump v. Cook<\/a><\/em>, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roberts-invites-leftist-bullying-campaigns-against-scotus\/\" title=\"Roberts Invites Leftist Bullying Campaigns Against SCOTUS\">emergency docket case<\/a> over President Donald Trump&rsquo;s bid to fire Federal Reserve governor&nbsp;Lisa&nbsp;Cook&nbsp;for cause, are decided. The <em>Slaughter <\/em>case is scheduled for oral arguments on Dec. 8, while the high court will hold a hearing in the <em>Cook<\/em> case on Jan. 21, 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3895200\/supreme-court-new-jersey-first-choice-donor-list-identity-privacy-case\/\">Supreme Court to weigh whether states can target donor lists<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3895668\/supreme-court-temporarily-restores-texas-new-congressional-map-2026-elections\/\">Supreme Court temporarily restores new Texas congressional map for 2026 elections<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The ruling means Perlmutter will be permitted to remain at her post, which an appeals court <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3800478\/appeals-court-reinstatement-register-of-copyrights-shira-perlmutter\/\">reinstated her to<\/a> in September, pending those two cases. The brief order notes Justice Clarence Thomas would have granted the Trump administration&rsquo;s request to allow the firing of Perlmutter in the interim now, rather than wait for the other cases.<\/p>\n<p>Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the justices last month to permit the administration to remove Perlmutter in the interim, arguing an appeals court erred in&nbsp;ruling that&nbsp;the register of copyrights was exercising functions of the legislative branch rather than the executive branch and that, therefore, Trump&nbsp;had no authority to fire her.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court has given the green light for Trump to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-notches-legal-wins-after-series-of-setbacks\/\" title=\"Trump notches legal wins after series of setbacks\">fire independent agency heads<\/a> in three previous emergency docket cases this year, elevating the third case &ndash; <em>Slaughter<\/em> &ndash; for full merits arguments next month.<\/p>\n<p>With the <em>Slaughter <\/em>case, the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn the 90-year precedent established in the case<em>&nbsp;<em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3343081\/humphreys-executor-supreme-court-precedent-trump-wants-overturned\/\">Humphrey&rsquo;s Executor v. United States<\/a><\/em><\/em>. In <em>Humphrey&rsquo;s Executor<\/em>, the Supreme Court ruled in 1935 that then-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt could not fire an FTC commissioner at his discretion and could only fire a commissioner &ldquo;for cause,&rdquo; as outlined in the law passed by Congress authorizing the creation of the FTC.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3895668\/supreme-court-temporarily-restores-texas-new-congressional-map-2026-elections\/\">SUPREME COURT TEMPORARILY RESTORES NEW TEXAS CONGRESSIONAL MAP FOR 2026 ELECTIONS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The high court has handed the Trump administration multiple wins on its emergency docket this year, including by allowing the firing of independent agency heads and mass layoffs throughout the government, but it held off on ruling on their request for only the second time in recent months. The other Trump emergency docket case where the justices deferred a ruling came in the Lisa Cook case, where the Supreme Court made the unusual move of scheduling a hearing on the petition.<\/p>\n<p>The administration is still awaiting an emergency docket ruling on its bid to deploy the National Guard to Chicago, an order that could have wider ramifications for similar court battles over troop deployments in Portland and Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court delays ruling on Trump firing copyright chief<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2514895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25253557723863.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32546,65985,32275,3634],"class_list":["post-2514894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-legal-decision","tag-register-of-copyrights","tag-supreme-court","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25253557723863.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2514894"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2514898,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514894\/revisions\/2514898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2514895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2514894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2514894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2514894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}