By Blake Brittain

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the Republican president to remove the head of the government’s Copyright Office while her legal challenge to his firing of her plays out in the latest battle over his targeting of various federal officials.

The U.S. Justice Department asked the justices to put on hold a lower court’s ruling that blocked Trump from firing Copyright Office Director Shira Perlmutter. In a filing to the justices, the department argued that Trump acted within his powers as president to fire Perlmutter and that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit lacked the authority to reinstate her.

The justices requested a response from Perlmutter by November 10.

The Justice Dep

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