The Supreme Court ruled Friday that an order reinstating Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger into his position will remain in place for at least a few days while a lower court process plays out.
The Trump administration had asked the justices to lift the order from Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The order is set to expire Wednesday, when Jackson has set a hearing on whether to more permanently block the firing of Dellinger.
In a short order Friday, at least five justices agreed to hold the Trump administration application “in abeyance” until Wednesday. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote that they would have denied Trump’s request entirely, but did not explain their reasoning.
