A federal appeals court lifted a lower court’s ruling on Friday blocking the Trump administration from dismantling the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP).
The U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia Circuit said the president would likely suffer “irreparable” harm from not being able to “fully execute” his executive power over the Institute’s board.
“As a general rule, the President may remove executive officers at will. The Supreme Court has recognized a narrow exception for ‘multimember expert agencies that do not wield substantial executive power’ and that exercise ‘quasi-judicial’ or ‘quasi-legislative’ power,” the three-judge panel wrote in the order.
“Because the Institute exercises substantial executive power, the Government is likely to succeed on its claim that the Board’s removal protections are unconstitutional,” they added.
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