" #SCOTUS for now prevented #Trump from firing head of a watchdog agency in 1st legal showdown to reach the justices..
In unusual move, the court neither granted nor denied emergency request filed by Trump admin after lower courts blocked the effort to fire Hampton Dellinger, who heads the Office of Special Counsel" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-maintains-pause-trump-bid-immediately-fire-watchdog-agen-rcna192643
In unusual move, the court neither granted nor denied emergency request filed by Trump admin after lower courts blocked the effort to fire Hampton Dellinger, who heads the Office of Special Counsel" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-maintains-pause-trump-bid-immediately-fire-watchdog-agen-rcna192643
Supreme Court maintains pause on Trump bid to immediately fire watchdog agency head
The Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, weighs in on a case involving the new Trump administration for the first time.Lawrence Hurley (NBC News)
