Judge says Trump cannot fire head of independent watchdog agency

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

38% : The federal judge's decision blocks Trump from removing Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel and sets up a likely Supreme Court battle over the president's powers.
29% : Trump has also tried to remove more than a dozen inspectors general, as well as members of the National Labor Relations Board and the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission.
22% : Trump also has tried to fire the head of the Merit Systems Protection Board, an independent agency that hears appeals of terminations and other adverse actions against civil servants.
19% : Lawyers for the Trump administration argued that Trump has the power to remove Dellinger without cause, saying a 1978 statute passed by Congress that restricts the ability to fire the head of the Office of Special Counsel is unconstitutional.
13% : Justice Department lawyer Madeline McMahon said barring Dellinger's removal would cause Trump to "lose control over an executive branch agency" and would represent an "intrusion" into Trump's authority under the Constitution.

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