Woodrow Wilson actually said...

I am convinced that the Congress is without constitutional powers to limit the appointing power and its incident, the power of removal derived from the Constitution.

Context

Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval H.R. 9783, 'An Act to Provide a National Budget...'

06/03/1920

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