The Trump administration will likely ask the Supreme Court to weigh in on the scope of Trump’s authority to dismiss top officials across the federal government.

The court’s conservative majority may be receptive to the argument that presidents have unlimited power to remove leaders of independent agencies.

President Donald Trump's administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in its bid to fire the head of an independent U.S. agency that protects government whistleblowers, bringing its first legal battle involving Trump's actions to the nation's highest judicial body since he took office in January.

The Supreme Court should reject an emergency appeal from the Trump administration asking for quick action to allow the firing of the head of the federal agency that protects whistleblowers

The Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to fast-track an appeal of an order blocking the firing of the head of a whistleblower unit created by Congress.

The head of a US whistleblower-protection agency urged the US Supreme Court to let him stay in his job for the time being, saying his firing by President Donald Trump would weaken the office at an “especially unfortunate moment.

The Supreme Court could rule as early as this week on whether Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger should be reinstated and given access to his office, the first legal clash to reach the justices during this Trump administration over congressional protections for some federal officials.