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may 4, 1916 - Future Chief Justice Taft writes about the status of the removal power

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President Taft wrote in a 1916 law review article, “Whether the President has the absolute power of removal without the consent of the Senate in respect to all offices, the tenure of which is not affected by the Constitution, is not definitely settled.

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may 4, 1916
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~ 110 years ago