15 magg 1820 anni - Tenure of Office Act of 1820
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AKA: Four Years' Law
"An Act to limit the term of office of certain officers therein named, and for other purposes"
The Act imposed tenure limits on officeholders and insured their removal under certain conditions.[3][4] Congress asserted a right to remove officers, ostensibly to create a blank slate for incoming presidents as well as to weed out poor performers.[5][6] The law encroached on executive authority by replacing the previous powers of the executive. (Previously, the president determined tenures for public officers like district attorneys, naval officers, and tax collectors.)
James Madison argued that the Four Years' Law of 1820 was unconstitutional because the four-year limit was arbitrary and a precedent that could enable Congress to limit office tenure to as short as a day. Though a loss of executive power was feared, these limited terms frequently served to benefit the presidency. President Andrew Jackson enforced this law believing a system of rotation in office was a democratic reform. Senator Samuel Southard argued that by allowing the president to renominate officers for another term once their current one ended, the act encouraged corruption because officeholders would "[act] on the principle that he is to support the man who will keep him in office"
The law was eventually superseded by the 1867 act of the same name.
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History of Leadership In The States
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