Myers v. United States (272 U.S. 52)

Myers v. United States (272 U.S. 52)
by William Howard Taft

Syllabus

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. Warning: template has been deprecated.

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Court Documents

Opinion of the Court

United States Supreme Court

272 U.S. 52

Myers v. United States (272 U.S. 52)

Argued: April 13, 14, 1925. --- Decided: Oct 25, 1926

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Messrs. Will R. King, of Portland, Or., and L. H. Cake, of Washington, D. C. (Martin L. Pipes, of Portland, Or., of counsel), for appellant.

Mr. George Wharton Pepper, of Philadelphia, Pa., amicus curiae.

Mr. James M. Beck, Sol. Gen., of New York City, and Rebert P. Reeder, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for the United States.

[Argument of Counsel and Amicus Curiae from pages 60-106 intentionally omitted]

Mr. Chief Justice TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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