The U.S. Supreme Court made a shocking decision this week regarding President Donald Trump's ability to fire the head of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) -- a whistleblower protection agency.

According to Newsweek, the high court dealt the Trump administration a blow when it decided to temporarily allow OSC head Hampton Dellinger to remain in his position. 

Dellinger was one of the first to take legal action when he was relieved initially from his position by the Trump administration.

His firing is the first Trump-firing case that has made it to the Supreme Court for intervention.

What's going on?

Newsweek reported that legal analyst Glenn Kirschner said on Saturday that the Supreme Court's decision was an "unexpected" loss taken by the Trump administration.

"The first pint of light comes from a most unusual place, a most unexpected place, the United States Supreme Court...In his first trip to the Supreme Court since being sworn in as president, Donald Trump lost. It may be a temporary loss, it may be a minor loss, but it's a loss," he said Saturday in a Youtube video.

Newsweek noted:

Kirschner's remarks come after Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor voted to deny the Trump administration's request to approve Dellinger's firing. Justices Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito, meanwhile, said they would have voted to wipe the ruling reinstating Dellinger.

Kirschner is a former assistant U.S. attorney and, not surprisingly, a frequent Trump critic.

Many believe that Trump and his administration will ultimately win the battle to fire Dellinger, as the high court's decision was only a very temporary one while the matter is sorted in court.

President Trump is ultimately going to win at SCOTUS when it comes to Hampton Dellinger.

POTUS has full, plenary power to make all personnel decisions in the executive branch—period.

Great discussing that and the lower-court judicial #resistance with @JoeGummTV on @MeritStreet. pic.twitter.com/UxNBTb6k4D

— Josh Hammer (@josh_hammer) February 17, 2025

Social media reaction

Users across social media, especially Trump's supporters, chimed in on the administration's fight to fire Dellinger.

"We must pray SCOTUS does the right thing!!" one X user wrote.

Another X user wrote, "If the Executive ( embodied solely in the President ) cannot fire an employee of the Executive, who can ? No one? Only a fellow apparatchik? This is riduculous, but the JINOs are showing themselves."

Hopefully, the Supreme Court ultimately decides in Trump's favor on this one.