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"...the President shall communicate in writing the substantive rationale, including detailed and case-specific reasons for any such removal or transfer to both
by phonon 2y ago
"...the President shall communicate in writing the substantive rationale, including detailed and case-specific reasons for any such removal or transfer to both Houses of Congress (including the appropriate congressional committees), not later than 30 days before the removal or transfer."
It's a bit more than "detailed". And he didn't even try to meet any of the elements above. It's essentially a loyalty purge.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> a bit more than "detailed" "Detailed and case-specific." The case-specific reason can be appointed by my predecessor on such and such date. The law doesn't place any limits on what those reasons can be.
- phonon 2y agoSure. And it can also be "I don't like how his name was pronounced". What you suppose is a gutting of the law.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> What you suppose is a gutting of the law It’s not. It’s a gutting of a norm. That’s an important difference. The law provides for independent agencies where the President can’t just fire them. It didn’t provide this cover to the IGs.