Copyright Office director Shira Perlmutter, who was removed by the Trump administration in May, will have her job temporarily reinstated while her lawsuit over her firing moves forward. In July, a district court judge denied her request for a preliminary injunction to go back to her position. In a 2-1 decision, Judges Pan and Childs of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals called her case “unusual” and “extraordinary,” noting that “the President’s removal of Perlmutter was likely unlawful.” Perlmutter has argued that, as a legislative employee, the executive branch does not have the power to fire her. The filing continues, […]
