At issue in this case, is the president's insistence that he has authority to fire whomever he wants within the Executive branch, overriding any congressionally mandated law in his way.
Howell addresses Trump's claim of unlimited firing authority in the executive branch.
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An American President is not a king – not even an ‘elected’ one – and his power to remove federal officers and honest civil servants like plaintiff is not absolute, but may be constrained in appropriate circumstances, as are present here.
Humphrey’s Executor remains not only binding law, but also a well-reasoned reflection of the balance of power between the political branches sanctioned by the Constitution.
A President who touts an image of himself as a 'king' or a 'dictator,' perhaps as his vision of effective leadership, fundamentally misapprehends the role under Article II of the U.S. Constitution.