The Justice Department may soon ask the Supreme Court to step into President Donald Trump’s widening legal fight over his ability to keep the U.S. attorneys he’s selected in office, after a federal appeals court declined to reconsider a ruling that blocked one of his most prominent loyalists.
In an order on Monday, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the DOJ’s request to rehear a case involving Alina Habba, Trump’s former personal attorney, who was appointed as U.S. attorney for New Jersey. The decision leaves intact a three-judge panel’s ruling that Habba’s appointment became unlawful once her 120-day interim term expired.
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