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  "description": "Perlmutter's case concerns an office within the Library of Congress. She is the register of copyrights and also advises Congress.",
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  "tags": [
    "The Supreme Court",
    "director of the U.S. Copyright Office",
    "held that the official",
    "the Library of Congress",
    "a report related to artificial intelligence",
    "Perlmutter’s attorneys",
    "then-Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2025 (AP) — The Supreme Court won't immediately allow the Trump administration to fire the director of the U.S. Copyright Office, instead delaying a decision until after they rule in two other high-profile firing cases.\n\nThe justices' Wednesday order leaves in effect for now lower court rulings that held that the official, **Shira Perlmutter** , could not be unilaterally fired.\n\nThe case is the latest that relates to Trump’s authority to install his own people at the head of federal agencies. The Supreme Court has largely allowed Trump to fire officials, even as court challenges proceed.\n\nJustice **Clarence Thomas** said he would have allowed Perlmutter to be fired as her lawsuit proceeds. The court majority, though, decided to wait to make a decision until after they rule in two other lawsuits over Trump firings.\n\nArguments are set for December in the first case, over the removal of **Rebecca Slaughter** as a member of the Federal Trade Commission.\n\nAnd in January the court will hear the case of Federal Reserve governor **Lisa Cook** , who remains in her job despite Trump's attempt to fire her.\n\nRulings are expected weeks or months after the court hears arguments.\n\nPerlmutter's case concerns an office that is within the Library of Congress. She is the register of copyrights and also advises Congress on copyright issues.\n\nDespite the ties to Congress, the register “wields executive power” in regulating copyrights, Solicitor General **D. John Sauer** told the court.\n\nPerlmutter 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 U.S. Copyright Office is terminated effective immediately,” her office said.\n\nA divided appellate panel ruled that Perlmutter could keep her job while the case moves forward.\n\nPerlmutter’s attorneys have argued that she is a renowned copyright expert. She has served as register of copyrights since then-Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden appointed her to the job in October 2020.\n\nTrump appointed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to replace Hayden at the Library of Congress. The White House fired Hayden amid criticism from conservatives that she was advancing a “woke” agenda.\n\n_This article was written by Mark Sherman and Lindsay Whitehurst of the Associated Press._",
  "title": "Supreme Court Won't Immediately Let Trump Fire Copyright Office Head",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-31T21:50:53.558Z"
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