Tag: The Removal Power
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Watergate Controversy
The Watergate Controversy (Removal Power, Executive Establishment and Treaties)A dispute arose regarding the discharge of the Special Prosecutor appointed to investigate and prosecute violations of law in the Watergate matter. Congress vested in the Attorney General the power to conduct the criminal…
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Wiener Case
The Wiener Case (Removal Power, Executive Establishment and Treaties)Curtailment of the President's power of removal, so liberally delineated in the Myers decision, was not to end with the Humphrey case. Unresolved by the latter was the question whether the President, absent a provision expressl…
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Removal Power Rationalized
The Removal Power Rationalized (Removal Power, Executive Establishment and Treaties)The tension that had long been noticed between Myers and Humphrey's Executor, at least in terms of the language used in those cases but also to some extent in their holdings, appears to have been ameliorated by t…
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Humphrey Case
The Humphrey Case (Removal Power, Executive Establishment and Treaties)The material element of Humphrey's Executor was that Humphrey, a member of the Federal Trade Commission, was on October 7, 1933, notified by President Roosevelt that he was "removed" from office, the reason being th…
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Inferior Officers
Inferior Officers (Removal Power, Executive Establishment and Treaties)In the case of inferior officers, Congress may "limit and restrict the power of removal as it deems best for the public interest," 1 and when Congress has vested the pow…