A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from replacing the US’ top copyright official as the fight over executive branch firings and President Donald Trump’s use of executive powercontinues.

Shira Perlmutter, who had been the register of copyrights since the Librarian of Congress appointed her in 2020, was fired by Trump in May after she prepared a report for Congress on the usage of artificial intelligence that Trump allegedly disagreed with, she says in her lawsuit.

In a 2-1 decision , a panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the register of copyrights is part of the legislative branch, making her only able to be fired by a Senate-confirmed Librarian of Congress, and not the president.

“The Executive’s alleged blatant interference with the

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