Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again.

So today, we're going to talk about Trump heading to SCOTUS for the first time in the new administration.

So, it looks like Trump is going to SCOTUS in Dillinger v. Bessent.

This is the case about Hampton Dillinger of the Office of Special Counsel.

Trump is trying to fire him, even though Congress enacted protections against firings

during a five-year term without real cause. The laws say he, quote, may be removed by the president

only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or

malfeasance in office. If you missed it, we went over a bunch of cases to watch like this

over on the roads last Thursday. I'll put the link down below. Okay, so a federal district court

temporarily blocked the firing while the case is being considered. Okay, so a federal district court temporarily blocked the firing while the case is being

considered. Then the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said they wouldn't intervene

and reverse the block. That means the Supreme Court is the next stop. So, why did the appeals court decline to intervene?

Generally speaking, temporary restraining orders are not appealable. The court said intervening,

quote, would set a problematic precedent. If we were to accept the proposition that a party's bare assertion of extraordinary harm

for 14 days can render a TRO appealable, many litigants subject to TROs would be encouraged to

appeal them and to seek a stay. Dillinger's argument is simple. There are protections specifically designed to stop

this exact kind of firing. What's the Trump administration's argument? A bit more complicated.

They'll say that the 1935 Supreme Court president in Humphrey's executor v. United States is unconstitutional.

That would mean Congress doesn't have the authority to put in protections for people at independent

federal agencies, which would mean the protections requiring cause for a firing would be void.

There's a non-zero chance that the Supreme Court buys that argument. But that may not happen right now. Scotus might decline to

intervene at this early stage, simply to avoid creating a president of temporary blocks being appealable.

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