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Biden fires Social Security commissioner, a Trump holdover

The termination is abnormal, as the heads of independent agencies such as the SSA don’t turn over with a new administration. Biden similarly removed Mark Calabria as the regulator of U.S. mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac last month, hours after the Supreme Court gave him the power to do so.

The White House on Friday cited the recent SCOTUS ruling, saying it gives the president the authority to remove officials like Saul, whose six-year term was set to end in January 2025.

The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel signed off on Biden's move, concluding that two recent Supreme Court decisions including on Calabria indicate that Congress' effort to limit the president's dismissal power over the Social Security commissioner is unconstitutional. In another case last year, the court ruled that Congress could not limit the president's power to dismiss the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/09/biden-fires-social-security-commissioner-499009
 
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