"The Trump administration on Monday asked the supreme court to allow it to fire the director of the US Copyright Office. The administration's newest emergency appeal to the high court was filed a month and a half after a federal appeals court in Washington held that the official, Shira Perlmutter, could not be unilaterally fired. Nearly four weeks ago, the full District of Columbia circuit court of appeals refused to reconsider that ruling."
"Solicitor general D John Sauer wrote in his filing on Monday that despite the ties to Congress, the register wields executive power in regulating copyrights. Perlmutter claims Trump fired her in May because he disapproved of advice she gave to Congress in a report related to artificial intelligence. Perlmutter had received an email from the White House notifying her that your position as the Register of Copyrights and Director at the US Copyright Office is terminated effective immediately, her office said."
"A divided appellate panel ruled that Perlmutter could keep her job while the case moves forward. The executive's alleged blatant interference with the work of a legislative branch official, as she performs statutorily authorized duties to advise Congress, strikes us as a violation of the separation of powers that is significantly different in kind and in degree from the cases that have come before, Judge Florence Pan wrote for the appeals court. Judge J Michelle Childs joined the opinion."
The Trump administration filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court seeking permission to remove Shira Perlmutter as director of the US Copyright Office. A federal appeals court in Washington ruled that Perlmutter could not be unilaterally fired, and the full D.C. Circuit refused to rehear the case. Solicitor General D John Sauer argued that the Register exercises executive authority over copyrights despite statutory ties to Congress. Perlmutter says she was terminated after providing Congress with advice on artificial intelligence. A divided appellate panel allowed her to remain in post while litigation continues, citing separation-of-powers concerns.
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