A new emergency appeal is yet another step by the White House to assert sweeping presidential control over executive branch agencies.

Thailand’s Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office until it rules on a petition seeking her permanent removal over alleged ethical misconduct, deepening a crisis that threatens to end her family’s over two-decade dominance of the country’s politics.

Paetongtarn is not alone in her troubles, with influential tycoon father Thaksin Shinawatra facing legal hurdles of his own.

She is the third member of her family to hold the prime minister’s office — and the third to face the possibility of removal before her term ended.