WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided appeals court ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump doesn't have the authority to unilaterally remove and replace the director of the U.S. Copyright Office.

A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit voted 2-1 to temporarily block Trump's Republican administration from firing Shira Perlmutter as the register of copyrights, who advises Congress on copyright issues.

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