The Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will wait until two other cases before the justices are resolved before deciding whether to allow the Trump administration to fire Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter.

The brief, unsigned order defers a decision on the emergency docket petition until the cases Trump. v. Slaughter, a merits docket case over whether the president may fire an FTC commissioner without cause, and Trump v. Cook, an emergency docket case over President Donald Trump’s bid to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook for cause, are decided. The Slaughter case is scheduled for oral arguments on Dec. 8, while the high court will hold a hearing in the Cook case on Jan. 21, 2026.

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