Reading Room Document

Removal of Recess Appointee to Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

The document discusses the power of the President to remove a director of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting who received a recess appointment. It concludes that the President has the power to remove the director by appointing a successor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The document also presents questions about the constitutional and policy considerations, the limitations on the President's removal power, and the Congressional intent to limit the President's power to remove the directors of the Corporation. It raises the question of whether the President can remove a director without the appointment of a successor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

February 6, 1981