Emergency application
Power to fire officials
Todd Blanche v. Shira Perlmutter
What did the Court do?
The Court denied the request on June 30, 2026: the lower court's ruling stays in effect while the appeal continues.
Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.
What's being asked
Acting Librarian of Congress Todd Blanche and other Trump administration officials ask the Supreme Court to pause a D.C. Circuit injunction. They seek the pause while proceedings continue in the D.C. Circuit and Supreme Court. The government says President Trump could remove Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter and argues that her removal was lawful.
What the Court did
The Court refused the requested pause and denied the stay application (turned down the request for a temporary pause). It said this does not decide the main legal questions in the case. The Court did not publish how the justices voted.
What it means
This emergency decision concerns only a temporary pause; it does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. The D.C. Circuit's injunction is not paused, and the dispute can continue there. No related case on the main legal questions is listed, and the Court set no argument for this application.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A478. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.