On Saturday, a federal judge appointed by former President Barack Obama issued a landmark ruling, declaring that President Donald Trump no longer retains constitutional authority over the executive branch.
This controversial ruling marks a significant shift in the balance of power, raising profound questions about the scope of presidential control and the judiciary’s role in upholding the rule of law.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointee, concluded that Hampton Dellinger — confirmed last year as head of the Office of Special Counsel — may continue to serve his five-year term despite Trump’s effort to remove him from the post via a brusque email last month.
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Per Politico:
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Jackson ruled that Dellinger’s duties, which include holding executive branch officials accountable for ethics breaches and fielding whistleblower complaints, were meant to be independent from the president, making the position a rare exception to the president’s generally vast domain over the executive branch.
Dellinger’s “independence is inextricably intertwined with the performance of his duties,” Jackson wrote in a 67-page opinion. “The elimination of the restrictions on plaintiff’s removal would be fatal to the defining and essential feature of the Office of Special Counsel as it was conceived by Congress and signed into law by the President: its independence. The Court concludes that they must stand.”
[…] Less than an hour after Jackson ruled, the Justice Department appealed her decision to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
