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re: DOJ says Matthew Whitaker can serve as acting attorney general
Posted on 11/14/18 at 10:17 am to Homesick Tiger
Posted on 11/14/18 at 10:17 am to Homesick Tiger
I have never even understood what the issue was here. The statute is crystal clear. I don't even know what Napolitano believed the language of the statute could possibly mean other than what it actually says...:
Plain as damn day. Did he serve with the agency for at least 90 days during the last 365? Check. Did the president appoint him? Check. Is the position equal to or above the minimum rate of pay? Check. That is all that is required. Period.
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(a) If an officer of an Executive agency (including the Executive Office of the President, and other than the Government Accountability Office) whose appointment to office is required to be made by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the office— (1) the first assistant to the office of such officer shall perform the functions and duties of the office temporarily in an acting capacity subject to the time limitations of section 3346; (2) notwithstanding paragraph (1), the President (and only the President) may direct a person who serves in an office for which appointment is required to be made by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform the functions and duties of the vacant office temporarily in an acting capacity subject to the time limitations of section 3346; or (3) notwithstanding paragraph (1), the President (and only the President) may direct an officer or employee of such Executive agency to perform the functions and duties of the vacant office temporarily in an acting capacity, subject to the time limitations of section 3346, if— (A) during the 365-day period preceding the date of death, resignation, or beginning of inability to serve of the applicable officer, the officer or employee served in a position in such agency for not less than 90 days; and (B) the rate of pay for the position described under subparagraph (A) is equal to or greater than the minimum rate of pay payable for a position at GS–15 of the General Schedule.
Plain as damn day. Did he serve with the agency for at least 90 days during the last 365? Check. Did the president appoint him? Check. Is the position equal to or above the minimum rate of pay? Check. That is all that is required. Period.
This post was edited on 11/14/18 at 10:22 am
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