Trump v. Cook · ¶90

The Court’s decision is incorrect. Cook’s office was not her “property” because, in this country, government officials do not own the public offices in which they serve. Apparent mortgage fraud was a “cause” to remove Cook. And, the statute authorizing the President to remove Cook for “cause” says nothing about notice or a hearing, so it does not require notice and a hearing. Any other result would violate Article II of the Constitution, under which the President may remove executive officers at will. The Court makes many policy arguments for an “independent” banking agency that exercises executive power free from accountability, ante, at 5, but those are ultimately arguments against the Constitution.

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