The federal court of appeals clarified the way for President Donald Trump to fire Hampton Dillinger, the director of the Special Adviser Bureau, on Wednesday.
Dillinger, appointed to the role by former President Joe Biden, sued the Trump administration in federal court in Washington, D.C. after his firing on February 7th.
DC District Judge Amy Berman Jackson filed last month, claiming that Dillinger’s filing was “illegal.”
However, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia sided with the Trump administration in ruling Wednesday. Dellinger is likely to appeal the case to the Supreme Court.
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President Donald Trump and Hampton Dillinger. Trump is about to reject Dellinger, the director of the Special Advisors Bureau. (AP/Reuters)
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Jackson said the court found that “the elimination of restrictions on the removal of plaintiffs is fatal to the critical and essential features of the Special Advisors Office, devised by Congress and signed into law by the President.
Special Advisors at the Hampton Dillinger Office of the US Special Advisor will register portraits with undated handouts. (US Special Advisor/Distribution Material via Reuters)
Dellinger maintains the argument that by law he can only dismiss him from his position on job performance issues that are not cited in emails that dismiss him from his posts.
The journalist works outside the US Supreme Court building in Washington, DC (Anna Money Maker/Getty Images)
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In early February, liberal Supreme Court judges Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson voted to completely deny the administration’s request to approve the fire.
Conservative justice Neil Gorsucci and Samuel Alito opposed, saying the lower court had stepped over. They also questioned whether the courts have the authority to take office as someone the president fired. Gorsuch wrote in his opinion while acknowledging that some officials appointed by the president were fighting for their removal.
Anders Hagstrom is a reporter for Fox News Digital, which covers the country’s politics and big broken news events. Submit your tip to anders.hagstrom@fox.com or via Twitter: @hagstrom_anders.
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