Judge extends block on firing head of whistleblower protection office by three days
Source: The Hill
A federal judge on Wednesday extended an order barring President Trump from firing the head of an office designed to protect government whistleblowers by three days as she weighs further relief.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel, can remain in his role as she considers motions to indefinitely block Trump from firing Dellinger as litigation continues and to rule in favor of either party in full.
Jackson acknowledged the “unusual posture” of the case, in that it has already reached the Supreme Court, which held the government’s emergency application to scrap the block on firing Dellinger in “abeyance” until the judge’s temporary restraining order expires Wednesday.
“It is incumbent upon this Court to resolve this matter even more expeditiously than the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure would ordinarily permit; and the Court will do so,” she wrote. “Given the significance of the constitutional questions presented, though, it is also incumbent upon the Court to give full consideration to all of the arguments advanced during today’s hearing before it finalizes its opinion.”
Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5165636-federal-judge-trump-whistleblower-protection-office-head-firing-block/
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