A con law colleague offers an interesting explanation of the state of removal law after Seila Law. The Chief creates four categories:
1) Purely executive principal officers: Myers controls and President must have unrestricted power.
2) Quasi-legislative/quasi-judicial officers on agencies and boards: For-cause removal is OK.
3) Purely executive inferior officers: Morrison controls and for-cause removal is OK unless it unduly interferes with executive power.
4) Quasi-legislative/quasi-judicial principal officers operating individually: Myers controls and President must have unrestricted removal power.
We can add the Free Enterprise limitation that there cannot be more than one layer between the president and the officer.
Thank you. This is very helpful.
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