Judge Rejects Ex-Copyright Chief’s Bid to Pause Trump Firing (2)

President Donald Trump’s firing of Copyright Office Director Shira Perlmutter will stand for now as a judge ruled Wednesday she hadn’t shown she’d suffer irreparable harm.

Perlmutter can’t resume her duties as director as her bid for a temporary restraining order was rejected by Judge Timothy J. Kelly, a Trump appointee, who ruled from the bench during a hearing in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

Even if Perlmutter was likely to succeed on the merits, Kelly said his analysis was pinned on the irreparable harm threshold required to grant the order and Perlmutter did not meet ...