A federal appeals court ordered Shira Perlmutter reinstated Wednesday as the register of copyrights at the Library of Congress, as she challenges her firing in the Trump administration’s effort to assert control over the legislative branch agency.
The 2-1 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit would let her continue in her role. Perlmutter was removed from her post at the library in May after President Donald Trump fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, and a lower court judge that month had denied her request to block her termination.
Judge Florence Pan wrote a concurring opinion, joined by Judge J. Michelle Childs, noting Perlmutter works for Congress and should not be considered the same as executive officials Trump can remove at will.
