In the entire scheme of legal resistance to the Trump administration, this one may not be the most glamorous, but I want to point out another victory for the administration—this time as a compliment to Monday's Supreme Court decision. list of orders.
Here's the background:
Todd Harper, a member of National Credit Union's administrative board, challenged his removal from that position by filing a lawsuit against Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, President Donald Trump and other administration officials.
In July, D.C. District Judge Amir Ali granted summary judgment in Harper's favor, but the administration appealed and the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals stayed Ali's decision pending an appeal in August. Harper then served petition for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court in September.
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We are used to seeing big headlines when the Supreme Court issues decisions on cases pending before it or orders on cases pending before it on its urgent docket. But as a court notes on its website: “Regularly scheduled lists of orders are published every Monday when the Court sits.” These lists of orders can span several pages and include various administrative orders as well as court actions agreeing or refusing to hear certain cases. (They may also include per curiam explanations of rulings and statements or dissents by individual judges.)
Anyway, Monday list included this snippet in relation to Harper happening:
25-367 HARPER, TODD M. ET AL. V. BESSENTE, SECTION. TREASURY ETC. Motion for pre-sentence writ of certiorari denied.
My initial thought was surprise: the administration has been largely successful in the Supreme Court, and there are currently similar cases before the court seeking to expel independent agency executives, as well as upcoming oral arguments. I then realized that this writ petition was filed by Harper following the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals' stay of the district court's decision, not by the administration.
So yes, this is another victory for the Trump administration. A good way to start the week. (I'll need to update this scorecard.)
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