Reading Room Document

Power of the President to Remove Presidential Appointee to the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission.

The document discusses the power of the President to remove a Presidential appointee to the District of Columbia Judicial Nominating Commission. It concludes that the President does have the power to remove the appointee, supported by the legislative history of the Act. The document also presents the question of whether Congress sought to limit the President's removal power when enacting the relevant section, and whether the appointee serves at the pleasure of the President for a maximum of five years. The conclusion reached is that Congress did not limit the President's power to remove the appointee, and that the appointee serves at the pleasure of the President for a maximum of five years.

March 13, 1981