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Feb 23rd, 2021 4 min read
COMMENTARY BY
Vice President, Institute for Constitutional Government
John is Vice President for the Institute for Constitutional Government and Director of the Meese Center for Legal & Judicial Studies. U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the press before departing the White House in Washington, DC, for Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on February 16, 2021. NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP / Getty Images
Key Takeaways
Since taking office, and to the delight of liberals, Biden has fired several of former President Donald Trump’s executive branch appointees.
Back in 1987, then-Sen. Joe Biden was a strong supporter of the reauthorization of the Ethics in Government Act, which created independent counsels.
Roger Severino seen here in January 2018, when he was director of the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services in the Trump administration is litigating his ouster from an unrelated post by President Joe Biden. (Photo: Aaron Bernstein/Getty Images)
Commentary By
John G. Malcolm is the vice president of the Institute for Constitutional Government and director of the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, overseeing The Heritage Foundation’s work to increase understanding of the Constitution and the rule of law. Read his research.
Conservatives have long criticized the notion of independent executive branch agencies.
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“No president has ever taken such action in recent memory,” said Burr, the top Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, at last week’s confirmation hearing for Marty Walsh
Presidents traditionally let the NLRB general counsel finish out their term. Former President Trump
An NLRB general counsel hasn’t been asked to resign since 1950, when President Truman asked for the resignation of Robert Denham because of an anti-union bill. Denham resigned, meaning Robb was the first general counsel to be fired by a president since the role was created.
When asked why Robb was the exception, a Biden administration spokesperson said he was not carrying out the objectives of the NLRB.