Supreme Court hits Trump with delay as president attempts to fire legislative officer

Earlier this year, Trump removed Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress appointed by President Joe Biden, and replaced her with his former personal attorney, Todd Blanche. Blanche then tried to remove Perlmutter, who reports to the Librarian of Congress.

A federal appeals court ruled that Blanche could not fire the Register of Copyrights without input from Congress because the Librarian of Congress and the Register of Copyrights were "legislative officers."

In October, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to uphold Perlmutter's removal.

The high court delayed action on the case in a Monday decision pending the outcome of two other cases on the president's authority to fire officials.