The Trump administration complained to the Supreme Court that one of the people it’s trying to fire, special counsel Hampton Dellinger, is positioning himself to block firings of other employees.

The Supreme Court has temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers.

The court’s conservative majority may be receptive to the argument that presidents have unlimited power to remove leaders of independent agencies.

The Supreme Court placed the emergency application in "abeyance," until the temporary reinstallment of Hampton Dellinger as the leader of the Office of Special Counsel expires next Wednesday.

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to overrule a U.S. district judge’s decision and move forward with the firing of whistleblower watchdog chief Hampton Dellinger. Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris requested that the Supreme Court vacate Amy Berman Jackson’s order allowing Dellinger to remain in his post through at least Saturday while she

Trump’s former personal attorney suggested public officials should “generally” follow court orders except in “extreme cases.”