The Supreme Court has allowed Hampton Dellinger to stay as head of the Office of Special Counsel at least until Wednesday, postponing the Trump administration's request to remove him. The court's decision was closely divided, with significant debate over the judicial power to reinstate fired presidential appointees.

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel, to stay in his position.
The Supreme Court did not outright grant or deny the Trump administration’s request to remove Dellinger but chose to postpone the decision. This means that they will wait to see what happens in a scheduled hearing on Wednesday, where US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson will discuss whether to extend the order keeping Dellinger in office.
Dellinger, therefore, will remain in office at least until Wednesday when the lower-court order temporarily protecting him expires.
The court's ruling was closely divided, with five justices in favour and four against. Conservative justices Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito expressed doubts about whether the courts have the power to reinstate someone after the president has fired them.
Gorsuch mentioned that when presidentially appointed officials have challenged their removal in the past, they typically sought financial compensation rather than reinstatement.
On the other hand, liberal justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson opposed the administration's request.
The Justice Department argued...

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