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>As civil service, he can only be fired for cause. I'm not clear on what "for cause" means for an acting director of the FBI. Wasn't the justification for firi

>As civil service, he can only be fired for cause. I'm not clear on what "for cause" means for an acting director of the FBI. Wasn't the justification for firing Comey that he mishandled the Clinton email investigation? It looks blown out of proportion to me, but that might count as cause.

DannyBee 9y ago
The political heads can be fired by the president at-will. I believe the parent is incorrect in that if he becomes the head, he can be fired for-cause. I also believe this is only if it he is appointed head, not if he is just acting-head.
- Animats 9y ago
  Trump has asked Congress for the authority to arbitrarily fire civil service employees, but Congress hasn't given it to him.[1] There's a formal process, with appeals, for Federal employees. The FBI's process is unusual, in that they're not under the Merit System Protection Board, but it's a formal process with hearings and warnings. [1] http://www.latimes.com/nation/na-la-fbi-deputy-director-20160505-snap-story.html http://www.latimes.com/nation/na-la-fbi-deputy-director-2016...
wavefunction 9y ago
Comey was a political appointment rather than the guy who will temporarily replace him as Acting Director (who has civil service protection) and can't be dismissed as Acting Director, only replaced by appointing a new Director of the FBI.
- CalChris 9y ago
  Dunno. What is certain is that Trump can't appoint a new Director without Senate confirmation. And I'm not even certain about that. He may be able to appoint an acting Director for an indeterminate amount of time. In particular, There are no statutory conditions on the President’s authority to remove the FBI Director. https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41850.pdf https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41850.pdf From the same cite, a President can nominate an acting Director. On the day after the death of long-time Director J. Edgar Hoover, L. Patrick Gray was appointed acting Director. The Constitution was set up with checks and balances. But it requires the branches of government to do their duty. When you have a corrupt President of the same party that controls Congress, that may be asking too much.
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DannyBee 9y ago

The political heads can be fired by the president at-will. I believe the parent is incorrect in that if he becomes the head, he can be fired for-cause. I also believe this is only if it he is appointed head, not if he is just acting-head.

Animats 9y ago
Trump has asked Congress for the authority to arbitrarily fire civil service employees, but Congress hasn't given it to him.[1] There's a formal process, with appeals, for Federal employees. The FBI's process is unusual, in that they're not under the Merit System Protection Board, but it's a formal process with hearings and warnings. [1] http://www.latimes.com/nation/na-la-fbi-deputy-director-20160505-snap-story.html http://www.latimes.com/nation/na-la-fbi-deputy-director-2016...

wavefunction 9y ago

Comey was a political appointment rather than the guy who will temporarily replace him as Acting Director (who has civil service protection) and can't be dismissed as Acting Director, only replaced by appointing a new Director of the FBI.

CalChris 9y ago
Dunno. What is certain is that Trump can't appoint a new Director without Senate confirmation. And I'm not even certain about that. He may be able to appoint an acting Director for an indeterminate amount of time. In particular, There are no statutory conditions on the President’s authority to remove the FBI Director. https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41850.pdf https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41850.pdf From the same cite, a President can nominate an acting Director. On the day after the death of long-time Director J. Edgar Hoover, L. Patrick Gray was appointed acting Director. The Constitution was set up with checks and balances. But it requires the branches of government to do their duty. When you have a corrupt President of the same party that controls Congress, that may be asking too much.

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