NCLA Asks the Supreme Court to Affirm President's Absolute Power to Fire Executive Branch Officials

Washington, DC, Feb. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amicus curiae brief in Bessent v. Dellinger, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate a district court’s temporary restraining order (TRO) requiring President Donald Trump to reinstate the fired former head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, Hampton Dellinger. The President has absolute constitutional authority to remove Executive Branch officials at will. The Supreme Court should stop the district court’s ...