The US Supreme Court put off ruling on the case of fired Special Counsel, the improbably named Hampton Dellinger. In a ruling with dissents by four justices, the Supreme Court agreed to put off ruling on the government’s appeal of the order reinstating Dellinger until the DC Circuit issues its ruling on Wednesday. “In light of the foregoing,” wrote Chief Justice John Roberts for the majority, “the application to vacate the order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is held in abeyance until February 26, when the TRO is set to expire.”
The backstory is that President Trump fired Dellinger from his perch as head of the Office of Special Counsel. He is the sole proprietor of that office and is protected from dismissal by law except in cases of “inefficiency, neglect of…
