Trump officials ask supreme court to allow firing of top copyright official

White House's latest appeal comes after ruling that Shira Perlmutter cannot be unilaterally fired

The Trump administration on Monday asked the supreme court to allow it to fire the director of the US Copyright Office.

The administration's newest emergency appeal to the high court was filed a month and a half after a federal appeals court in Washington held that the official, Shira Perlmutter, could not be unilaterally fired.