Presidential direction is becoming the only justification agency action requires.
A White House committee engineered to build a for-cause record against a Fed governor, a BOP rationale 'contrived to support the demand President Trump made in the EO,' and a claim that even court-appointed prosecutors serve at presidential pleasure all litigate whether the president's order is itself sufficient legal reason.
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The BOP policy exists to execute the president's order, with its own memorandum serving as the sole rationale for agency action.
DOJ's brief asserts the president may fire even a prosecutor the courts appointed — presidential direction as the only justification removal requires.
The committee exists to manufacture the for-cause record that converts the president's demand into a legally sufficient removal predicate.