President Donald Trump’s effort to keep Alina Habba in charge of the U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey is facing a legal challenge that could influence his ability to extend terms for some of his other controversial picks to lead prosecutor’s offices across the country.

The Trump administration quickly acted to remove Habba’s replacement following a decision not to extend her term.

Habba, whom Trump appointed to serve as the interim U.S. attorney in New Jersey, needed either Senate confirmation or a vote by the state’s federal judges in order to remain in her role past her initial 120-day term, which expired this week.

The Trump administration did some personnel maneuvering to prevent the U.S. attorney's deputy from taking the top job.

As Trump's former defense attorney gives up her U.S. attorney post, it's worth remembering that she never should've been appointed in the first place.

Controversy is festering over a US District Court's recent attempted replacement of Interim US Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba. US Attorn

The attorney general acted just hours after New Jersey judges appointed Habba’s replacement as interim U.S. attorney.

The Department of Justice quickly fired the newly named US attorney in New Jersey on Tuesday after federal judges in the state declined to extend Alina Habba’s interim appointment.

The New York Times reports New Jersey’s two U.S. Senators are calling her unfit for office. which will likely doom her Senate confirmation.

Noted attorney Alan Dershowitz said Tuesday on his podcast that the ouster of interim United States Attorney Alina Habba of the District of New Jersey by the district’s judges was “as unconstitutional as anything.