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The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to let fire the director of the U.S. Copyright Office. The administration’s newest emergency appeal to the high court was filed Monday, weeks after a federal appeals court held that the official, Shira Perlmutter, could not be unilaterally fired. The case is the latest that relates to Trump’s authority to install his own people at the head of federal agencies. The Supreme Court has largely allowed Trump to fire officials, even as court challenges proceed. But this case concerns an office that is within the Library of Congress. Perlmutter is the register of copyrights and also advises Congress on copyright issues.