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Firings & Independent Agencies blog
Who Can Fire the Regulators? A Timeline From Myers to Seila LawCan a president fire the heads of independent agencies? Dated cases from the Decision of 1789 to Seila Law in 2020 show how the answer took shape.Chester Arthur was a machine politician who gave America its civil serviceEveryone expected Arthur to defend the spoils system. He signed the Pendleton Act instead, and its trade-off still frames every fight over federal jobs.