A lower court temporarily reinstated Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel, after he sued the administration this month for firing him.

The head of a US whistleblower-protection agency urged the US Supreme Court to let him stay in his job for the time being, saying his firing by President Donald Trump would weaken the office at an “especially unfortunate moment.

Hampton Dellinger, a federal official who President Donald Trump attempted to fire earlier this month, seems very likely to lose a lawsuit challenging that firing … eventually.  But the Trump administration is impatient to make that happen as soon as