No One Is in Charge at the US Copyright Office

So, this article describes the sequence of events as the Trump administration attempting to replace the librarian of congress, and Trump's named replacement saying he was replacing the Copyright Register with a Trump DOJ person.

I am not a lawyer but I thought it was pretty well established that (a) the library of congress is part of the legislature, not an executive branch office and (b) that the president can remove some people but can't install people in the other branches without confirmation (e.g. when a SCOTUS justice dies or retires, the president can't name a temporary justice).

https://www.govtrack.us/posts/503/2025-05-13_president-trump...

It's kind of confusing since the LOC serves Congress, but the Librarian of Congress is a President-appointed and Senate-confirmed position. They're supposed to serve for 10-year terms (she was appointed in September 2016) though, and my understanding is it's a open question whether the President can legally fire a LOC before their term is up.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/2/136-1?hl=en-US