A federal appeals court has overturned President Donald Trump’s firing of the country’s top copyright official in a divided opinion issued on Wednesday, Politico reports.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, a three-judge panel, ruled on Wednesday that Trump lacks the authority to fire Shira Perlmutter as the register of copyrights at the Library of Congress because her office primarily serves the Legislative Branch and not the Executive Branch.
“Because Perlmutter leads an agency that is housed in the Legislative Branch and her primary role is to advise Congress, Perlmutter’s situation differs significantly from the Executive Branch officials whose removals have been repeatedly upheld,” wrote Judge Florence Pan, who was joined by Judge J. Michelle Childs. Both were appointed by former President Joe Biden.
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