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

It took less than a month for a case from Donald Trump’s second presidential term to reach the Supreme Court. The administration’s appeal stems from Trump’s attempt to fire a top government watchdog in a dispute that implicates longstanding precedent that protects independent federal agencies.

The Justice Department's filing asks the conservative-majority court to lift a judge's court order temporarily reinstating Hampton Dellinger as the leader of the Office of Special Counsel.