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MYERS v. UNITED STATES

No. 2.

272 U.S. 52 (1926)

47 S.Ct. 21

71 L.Ed. 160

MYERS, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 25, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oral1 argument of Mr. Will R. King, for appellant.

Extract from brief of Messrs. Will R. King and Martin L. Pipes, for the appellant.

Oral argument of Senator Pepper, as amicus curiae.

Oral argument of Solicitor General James M. Beck, for the United States.

Extract from the brief of Solicitor General Beck and Mr. Robert P. Reeder, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, for the United States.

Mr. Will R. King, for the appellant, closed the argument.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents the question whether under the Constitution the President has the exclusive power of removing executive officers of the United States whom he has appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

Myers, appellant's intestate, was on July 21, 1917, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to be a postmaster of the first class at Portland...

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