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- Myers_v._United_States abstract "Myers v. United States, 272 U.S. 52 (1926), was a United States Supreme Court decision ruling that the President has the exclusive power to remove executive branch officials, and does not need the approval of the Senate or any other legislative body.In 1920, Frank S. Myers, a First-Class Postmaster in Portland, Oregon, was removed from office by President Woodrow Wilson. An 1876 federal law provided that "Postmasters of the first, second, and third classes shall be appointed and may be removed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate." Myers argued that his dismissal violated this law, and he was entitled to back pay for the unfilled portion of his four-year term.Chief Justice William Howard Taft, writing for the Court, noted that the Constitution does mention the appointment of officials, but is silent on their dismissal. An examination of the notes of the Constitutional Convention, however, showed that this silence was intentional: the Convention did discuss the dismissal of executive-branch staff, and believed it was implicit in the Constitution that the President did hold the exclusive power to remove his staff, whose existence was an extension of the President's own authority. The Court therefore found that the statute was unconstitutional, for it violated the separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches. In reaching this decision, it also expressly found the Tenure of Office Act, which had imposed a similar requirement on other Presidential appointees and played a key role in the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, to have been invalid; it had been repealed by Congress some years before this decision.".
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- Myers_v._United_States arguedate "--12-05".
- Myers_v._United_States argueyear "1923".
- Myers_v._United_States citation "47".
- Myers_v._United_States decidedate "--10-25".
- Myers_v._United_States decideyear "1926".
- Myers_v._United_States dissent "Brandeis".
- Myers_v._United_States dissent "Holmes".
- Myers_v._United_States dissent "McReynolds".
- Myers_v._United_States fullname "Frank S. Myers, Administratrix v. United States".
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- Myers_v._United_States holding "The President has the exclusive authority to remove executive branch officials.".
- Myers_v._United_States joinmajority "Van Devanter, Sutherland, Butler, Sanford, Stone".
- Myers_v._United_States lawsapplied United_States_Constitution.
- Myers_v._United_States litigants "Myers v. United States".
- Myers_v._United_States majority "Taft".
- Myers_v._United_States prior "Appeal from the Court of Claims".
- Myers_v._United_States rearguedatea "--04-13".
- Myers_v._United_States rearguedateb "14".
- Myers_v._United_States reargueyear "1925".
- Myers_v._United_States scotus "1925".
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- Myers_v._United_States usvol "272".
- Myers_v._United_States subject Category:1926_in_United_States_case_law.
- Myers_v._United_States subject Category:Appointments_Clause_case_law.
- Myers_v._United_States subject Category:History_of_Portland,_Oregon.
- Myers_v._United_States subject Category:United_States_Postal_Service.
- Myers_v._United_States subject Category:United_States_Supreme_Court_cases.
- Myers_v._United_States subject Category:United_States_separation_of_powers_case_law.
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- Myers_v._United_States comment "Myers v. United States, 272 U.S. 52 (1926), was a United States Supreme Court decision ruling that the President has the exclusive power to remove executive branch officials, and does not need the approval of the Senate or any other legislative body.In 1920, Frank S. Myers, a First-Class Postmaster in Portland, Oregon, was removed from office by President Woodrow Wilson.".
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- Myers_v._United_States name "Frank S. Myers, Administratrix v. United States".