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Library of Congress official Trump tried to fire can keep her job for now, Supreme Court says

Little long but not much other way to describe it. Is she executive branch or legislative branch is a key issue

They stress not ruling on merits of Trump's claims.
One of her arguments is her job is under legislative branch, not executive branch

The move means that Shira Perlmutter will remain the director of the US Copyright Office despite a long-pending request from Trump to remove her immediately.

In a brief order, the court stressed that it was not ruling on the merits of the legal issues raised by Trump’s claim.

Trump launched a battle with the Library of Congress last spring. The president removed the former Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, in early May and then attempted to install then-Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, one of his former private attorneys, as the acting librarian. He also attempted to fire Perlmutter at the Copyright Office, which is part of the library.

Last fall, the Supreme Court paused action in the Perlmutter kerfuffle while the court resolved two other major cases dealing with the president’s power to fire members of the executive branch. On Monday, the court resolved those cases, granting president’s broad power to remove the leadership at independent agencies within the executive branch. But one of Perlmutter’s arguments is that her position is part of the legislative branch, which she has argued should make her out of Trump’s reach.