Reading Room Document
Removal of Holdover Officials Serving on the Federal Housing Finance Board and the Railroad Retirement Board
The President may remove, without cause, members of the Federal Housing Finance Board and the Railroad Retirement Board who are serving in holdover capacities and do not enjoy express tenure protection by statute. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/19786/download.
The OLC's Opinions
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