Trump v. Cook · ¶164

Finally, even if she had a right of action, a waiver of sovereign immunity, and a basis for equitable relief, Cook would not be entitled to prevail because she challenges the removal of an executive officer by the President. Just two Terms ago, this Court said that both Congress and the Judiciary lack the power to impede the President’s removal of his own executive officers. The President’s “‘power to remove—and thus supervise—those who wield executive power’” is within his “‘conclusive and preclusive’” constitutional authority, no different from his power to issue pardons or Congress’s power to impeach. Trump, 603 U. S., at 608–609; see also Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U. S. 579, 638, and n. 4 (1952) (Jackson, J., concurring) (describing the President’s “exclusive power of removal in executive agencies” as “conclusive and preclusive”). Even “Congress cannot act on” the…

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