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We have in this particular case is that I think the president was proceeding on the understanding of the statute that's faithfully represented here by the Solicitor General, which is he wasn't acting like a removing authority that was subject to any due process. Because if I think he were, if he were sort of subject to that, he wouldn't have said in his opening tweet, "You must resign." And he wouldn't have said two days later, "Resign or be fired." So that, does that mean it has to be a body of disinterested decision makers? No. People who are not part of the executive branch and can exercise independent judgment that way? No. Then what does it require? It requires just what I said, notice an opportunity to provide evidence and a decision maker hasn't prejudged the issue. That decision maker can be the president. I mean, I'm not sure I, you know, necessarily recommend it as my choice A, but how can it not be the president, the statute authorizes the president to make the removal decision? How could it be anybody else? Well, look, I mean, you know, if you believe in the unitary executive theory, then anybody that makes the removal decision is acting on the president's power. I think it would, it would work, you know, I think the way it worked for Taft is the tribunal made a recommendation and then Taft executed. Right. So was the president making the decision? The president has to make the decision, right? Were delegated to somebody who he wishes to make that decision was reportable to him. Yes. Yes. Okay. At will. At will. Yeah. Right. Absolutely. I mean, so, so, and the president can be the final decision maker, but if he's going to be the final decision maker and there's a due process, right? And I mean, I mean that statutory or constitutional, then, you know, he needs to be a little bit careful and say, these are the allegations. He can't start by prejudging the issue by saying resign.
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