Trump v. Slaughter · ¶213

That brings us to Myers, authored by former-President and then-Chief Justice Taft. If Myers is the “best” support for the majority’s position, ante, at 16, its theory is a castle built on sand. For one thing, as the majority admits, Myers did not address for-cause removal protection; the challenged statute instead required Senate consent to removal. See ante, at 14. Thus, despite the grand pretentions of the opinion, it decided no more than that the President could “remove a postmaster of the first class, without the advice and consent of the Senate.” Humphrey’s, 295 U. S., at 626.

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