Feb 23rd, 2021 4 min read
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Vice President, Institute for Constitutional Government
John is Vice President for the Institute for Constitutional Government and Director of the Meese Center for Legal & Judicial Studies. U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the press before departing the White House in Washington, DC, for Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on February 16, 2021. NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP / Getty Images
Key Takeaways
Since taking office, and to the delight of liberals, Biden has fired several of former President Donald Trump’s executive branch appointees.
Back in 1987, then-Sen. Joe Biden was a strong supporter of the reauthorization of the Ethics in Government Act, which created independent counsels.
Roger Severino seen here in January 2018, when he was director of the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services in the Trump administration is litigating his ouster from an unrelated post by President Joe Biden. (Photo: Aaron Bernstein/Getty Images)
Commentary By
John G. Malcolm is the vice president of the Institute for Constitutional Government and director of the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, overseeing The Heritage Foundation’s work to increase understanding of the Constitution and the rule of law. Read his research.
Conservatives have long criticized the notion of independent executive branch agencies.
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MedStar Health is now allowing visitors and support persons for patients with disabilities into its hospitals and ambulatory locations throughout the region following a federal disabilities discrimination complaint.
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