Re: Hubble to be Repaired.....what a load of hooey!

"Eric Chomko" <pne.chomko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:
:Fred J. McCall wrote:
:> "Eric Chomko" <pne.chomko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>
:> :
:> :Henry Spencer wrote:
:> :> In article <hr72h.12096$Bs.432@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
:> :> jonathan <Write@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:> :> >Let's review when most cabinet secretaries and political appointees
:> :> >tend to 'resign', or get ...asked to resign. ...
:> :> >Just after the election~
:> :>
:> :> It is, in fact, conventional for all appointees to submit their
:> :> resignations just after the election, even if the president-elect is a
:> :> re-elected incumbent, so that the president can reshuffle his team at that
:> :> point (if he wants) without any ugly scenes. (It was a major faux pas
:> :> when Dan Goldin neglected to do this after the 2000 election.)
:> :
:> :I guess Alan Greespan is the exception in this being appointed by
:> :Reagan but kept on by various presidents from both parties.
:>
:> The Federal Reserve is an independent agency by design, Eric. It
:> doesn't work for the President. Unlike Cabinet members, the folks on
:> the Federal Reserve Board (including the head) do not "serve at the
:> pleasure of the President". They serve for their full terms unless
:> they decide to quit. The President can't fire them once they're
:> appointed, either.
:
:Okay, I get that the head of the FR is not a cabinet post. But, if the
:head of the FR were to be dumped, how is that done?

It isn't. Barring something criminal, you're stuck with him until the
term is up. I think they're subject to impeachment and that's about
it, so 'high crimes and misdemeanors' are the only path unless they
resign.

:And thanks for the civil tone and response as it is quite refreshing
:from you. No offense in the comment meant as we do tend to respond to
:the lowest common denominator. I'd like to change that, as I do find
:you quite knowledgable on many subjects though we have many
:philosophical differences.
:
:Looking forward to more civil discourse in the furture.

You get what you give, Eric.

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