Appeals court allows removal of head of watchdog agency as legal battle rages over Trump firing

D.C. Circuit Clears the Way for Trump to Fire Special Counsel

Last week, I wrote a column questioning the legal basis for the opinion by Judge Amy Berman Jackson in favor of fired Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger. It appears that the D.C. Circuit agrees. An appellate panel just permitted the removal of Dellinger just four days after Jackson declared the removal “unlawful.” Judge Jackson had a good-faith reliance on her narrow reading of existing precedent. However, the precedent is far from conclusive an…

DC appeals court rules Trump can remove special counsel who blocked bureaucracy reforms

In a key legal decision, the D.C. appeals court clears President Donald Trump’s path to remove Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger and other government officials who hamper his bureaucratic reforms.

Fired US watchdog agency chief ends lawsuit over removal by Trump

(Reuters) – The fired head of a federal watchdog agency on Thursday said he was ending his legal battle over U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to remove him from office after a federal appeals court cleared the way for him to do so. Hampton Dellinger, who had headed the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, in a statement said he was ending his lawsuit in light of Wednesday’s court ruling, saying it would take months for him to secure a final rul…

Appeals court swats down Obama judge, lets Trump fire Biden official · American Wire News

A federal appeals court sided with President Donald Trump after he was sued by the former head of the Office of Special Counsel. Hampton Dellinger was appointed by former President Joe Biden to a five-year term in March 2024. He was fired by Trump last month and, after battling with D.C. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who ruled the firing was “unlawful,” the Trump administration won a temporary victory on appeal. The U.S. Court of Appeals fo…

Trump usurps historic legislative power of the purse, violates the Constitution

The American colonists fought a revolution, and the Framers drafted the Constitution, to protect this “sacred” principle which, today, is under assault by President Trump.

Head of watchdog agency throws in towel after contesting Trump firing

A federal appeals court ruled in favor of President Donald Trump firing Hampton Dellinger, the head of the office of special counsel.