The Trump administration has issued its first filing with the Supreme Court, asking the justices to permit its firing of the head of the independent watchdog agency overseeing workplace protections for federal employees.

President Donald Trump is heading to the Supreme Court for the first time in his second term, using an emergency appeal to call on the justices to let him fire the head of a government ethics watchdog agency.

The court’s conservative majority may be receptive to the argument that presidents have unlimited power to remove leaders of independent agencies.