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Anonymous ID: 167a1a May 30, 2025, 11:21 a.m. No.23099980 🗄️.is 🔗kun >>0056

>>23098780 Judge Smacks Down Bureaucrat Who Claimed Trump Can’t Fire Her

==Judge refuses to temporarily block the Trump administration from removing Copyright Office director

Shira Perlmutter==, Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property oversight hearing of the United States Copyright Office, Nov. 13, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, file)

Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property oversight hearing of the United States Copyright Office, Nov. 13, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, file)

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge refused Wednesday to temporarily block the Trump administration from removing and replacing the director of the U.S. Copyright Office.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ruled from the bench that the office director,Shira Perlmutter, hasn’t met her legal burden to show how removing her from the position would cause her to suffer irreparable harm.

Kelly’s refusal to issue a temporary restraining order isn’t the final word in the lawsuit that Perlmutter filed last week. If Perlmutter decides to seek a preliminary injunction, the judge is giving her attorneys and government lawyers until Thursday afternoon to present him with a proposed schedule for arguing and deciding the matter.

Perlmutter’s attorneys say she is a renowned copyright expert who also has served as Register of Copyrightssince the former Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, appointed her to the job in October 2020.

Earlier this month, Trump appointed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to replace Hayden as Librarian of Congress.The White House fired Hayden amid criticism from conservatives that she was advancing a “woke” agenda.

Perlmutter’s position is considered part of the legislative branch of government. The U.S. Copyright Office is housed within the Library of Congress, and its director is chosen by the Librarian of Congress, who is also a legislative branch employee but nominated by the president and subject to Senate confirmation.

Perlmutter’s lawyers argued that the president doesn’t have the authority to unilaterally remove the Register of Copyrights or appoint an acting Librarian of Congress.

The Supreme Court sided with Trump in two other high-profile firings last week, when the conservative majority cleared the way for him to fire two independent board members. The firings left both agencies without enough board members to take final actions.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-shira-perlmutter-copyright-office-6e06cd2c07af855de4d124132081c1ee

Gateway Pundit goes over the Gov attorneys objections, I’ll post next

>>23099980

Judge Smacks Down Bureaucrat Who Claimed Trump Can’t Fire Her

by Jack Davis, The Western Journal May. 30, 2025

A federal bureaucrat went to court to insist that, because President Donald Trump cannot fire her, the Trump administration should be halted from doing so.

However, Shira Perlmutter, former director of the U.S. Copyright Office, lost a round in court on Wednesday after U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said she failed to show irreparable harm from being fired, according to the Associated Press.

Kelly did not decide the merits of Perlmutter’s suit.He only rejected her demand for a temporary restraining orderthat would have let her keep her job while the legal wrangling goes on.

Perlmutter has been Register of Copyrights since October 2020.Trump has appointed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as Librarian of Congress, to replace Carla Hayden, who appointed Perlmutter.

The U.S. Copyright Office operates within the Library of Congress. The Librarian of Congress, who works for the legislative branch but is a presidential appointment subject to Senate confirmation, chooses its director.

The lawsuit is aimed at Blanche as well as the wider Trump administration, according to Politico.

Justice Department lawyers said in a court filingthatPerlmutter is wrongly claiming she is an exception to the rules.

“The Constitution creates three branches of Government. There is Congress, the Executive, and the Judiciary.There is no fourth constitutional categoryreserved for an indeterminate-and-multiplying number of autonomous federal organizations. That simple principle suffices to deny Plaintiff’s motion,” the filing said.

The filing said Trump acted in an orderly manner.

“The President of the United States removed Carla Hayden from her position as Librarian of Congressand designated the Deputy Attorney General, Todd Blanche, as acting Librarian,” the filing said.

The President then removed Plaintiff, Shira Perlmutter, from serviceas the Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office— a decision that was ratified by Mr. Blanche in his role as acting Librarian, including through Mr. Blanche’s appointment of Paul Perkins to that role,” the filing said.

“The President had the power to remove the Librarian and designate an acting replacement.The Library of Congress is not an autonomous organization free from political supervision. It is part of the Executive Branch and is subject to presidential control, according to the strictures of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act,” the filing said.

The filing said Perlmutter had no claim to retain her job, noting,“Plaintiff has no right to perpetual service as Register of Copyrights.”

“The other injuries Plaintiff postulates are not her injuries, but supposed institutional injuries to the Library or to Congress — injuries that cannot support her request for judicial reinstallation to office.

And Plaintiff makes no claim that the U.S. Copyright Office is somehow in jeopardy,” the filing said.

After the ruling, the White House stood by its position, according to Roll Call.

“All organizations are more effective when leaders are rowing in the same direction,” White House representative Anna Kelly said in a statement. “President Trump reserves the rightto remove employees within his own Executive Branch who exert his executive authority.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/judge-smacks-bureaucrat-claimed-trump-cant-fire/

SHOCK: Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser Quietly Working to Reverse ‘Sanctuary City’ Policy

by Mike LaChance May. 29, 2025 9:40

Did Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser start taking common sense pills this year or something?Not only did she get rid of the huge BLM muralpainted on a city street, she is now working to overturn the city’s ‘sanctuary city’ policy.

She has reportedly done a complete about-face on this issueand wants to work with the Trump administration on illegal immigration.

Will wonders never cease?

The Washington Free Beacon reports:

MAGA Muriel? DC Mayor Bowser Flip-Flops on Immigration, Moves To Repeal Sanctuary City Law: Report

Amid President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration, Washington, D.C., mayor Muriel Bowser (D.) is doing an abrupt about-face from her previous views on enforcement, working to repeal a law that bars local police from assisting ICE.

Bowser is quietly proposing to overturn the sanctuary city law, which=prohibits D.C. officials from inquiring about a detainee’s immigration status, transferring individuals to ICE, or allowing ICE to interview suspects in local custody without a judicial order, Axiosreported.

“The mayor is asking for the repeal without fanfare, via a tucked-away provision as part of her newly released 2026 budget proposal,” according to Axios, which noted that “the D.C. Council has final say over what makes it into the budget, and some progressive members may thwart Bowser’s push.”

Bowser’s hawkishness on immigration marks a sharp change from the positions she’s held since becoming mayor in 2015.

During Trump’s first term, she tweeted that D.C. is a “proud sanctuary city” and that she is “committed to protecting the rights of all our immigrant families” in the face of what she called Trump’s “disturbing” immigration crackdown.

This is amazing. What changed?

We don’t know what changed Bowser’s mind but this is a welcome development. (Trump helped her!)

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/shock-washington-dc-mayor-muriel-bowser-quietly-working/

Remember she gave a speech at the WH a couple of weeks ago.

ROGAN O'HANDLEY: The Federalist Society has strayed from their mission. They cannot take credit for picking the Supreme Court justices.