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Biden Breaks Historic Political Norms, Fires Independent Board Appointees
15 Feb 2021
The Biden administration has broken with historical norms by firing Trump-appointed members of independent agencies serving fixed terms, a move that one appointee claims is illegal in a lawsuit. At least one Democrat supporting the effort says this must be done because some of the appointees are too white.
It is unprecedented for a new administration to fire members of independent agencies serving fixed terms. But the Biden administration is trying to do so anyway. One appointee, Roger Severino, is suing the Biden administration over its decision to terminate him.
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On Wednesday, Roger Severino, former director of the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under President Donald Trump, sued President Joe Biden. Biden had attempted to remove Severino from the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS), a half-governmental board that helps analyze and improve the federal bureaucracy. Trump had appointed Severino to a three-year term on January 16, 2021, but Biden attempted to remove him on Tuesday.
Severino filed a lawsuit in federal district court, asking for a preliminary injunction to prevent Biden from terminating his employment or to reinstate him should Biden illegally attempt to fire him.
Trump Asks Appeals Court to Let Him Dodge Rape Accuser Suit Bloomberg 1/16/2021 Erik Larson
(Bloomberg) President Donald Trump urged a federal appeals court to rule that he qualifies as a government employee under a law that would let him to dodge a defamation suit by E. Jean Carroll, the New York advice columnist who claims he raped her two decades ago.
Trump late Friday asked the U.S. Court of Appeals in Manhattan to reverse a district judge’s finding from October that presidents aren’t covered by the Westfall Act of 1988, which protects government workers from being personally sued for actions related to their official duties. The U.S. Justice Department filed a separate brief backing Trump’s argument.