#BESTOF2021: The Constitution and the Removal Debate. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst
Dec 08, 2023, 01:54 AM
#BESTOF2021: The Constitution and the Removal Debate. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst
https://www.hoover.org/research/bidens-latest-firings-are-unjustified
"At this point, it is important to address the possible constitutional provisions that might give the president the power to dismiss individuals at will. That discussion begins with the so-called Appointments Clause in Article II, which applies to two kinds of public officers. First are principal officers of the United States, including cabinet secretaries, ambassadors, Supreme Court justices, and most other federal judges. Their appointments require Senate confirmation. The secondary category includes so-called “inferior officers,” over whom Congress has discretion to insist on Senate confirmation or, alternatively, to allow these appointments to be made without Senate confirmation by the president, the judiciary, or the heads of departments." —Richard A Epstein
1909 White House
https://www.hoover.org/research/bidens-latest-firings-are-unjustified
"At this point, it is important to address the possible constitutional provisions that might give the president the power to dismiss individuals at will. That discussion begins with the so-called Appointments Clause in Article II, which applies to two kinds of public officers. First are principal officers of the United States, including cabinet secretaries, ambassadors, Supreme Court justices, and most other federal judges. Their appointments require Senate confirmation. The secondary category includes so-called “inferior officers,” over whom Congress has discretion to insist on Senate confirmation or, alternatively, to allow these appointments to be made without Senate confirmation by the president, the judiciary, or the heads of departments." —Richard A Epstein
1909 White House