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  2. U.S. Constitution Annotated
  3. Article II. Executive Branch
  4. Section II
  5. Clause II
  6. Appointments
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    Appointments
    • Overview of Appointments Clause
      • Historical Background on Appointments Clause
        • Process of Appointment for Principal Officers
          • Ambassadors, Ministers, and Consuls Appointments
            • Appointments of Justices to the Supreme Court
              • Creation of Federal Offices
                • Creation of Federal Offices with Blended Features
                  • Federal Versus Territorial Officers
                    • Restrictions on Congress's Authority
                      • Officer and Non-Officer Appointments
                        • Departments Heads and Courts of Law
                          • Changing the Duties of an Existing Officer
                            • Interbranch Appointments
                              • Principal and Inferior Officers
                                • Overview of Principal and Inferior Officers
                                  • Early Doctrine on Principal and Inferior Officers
                                    • Modern Doctrine on Principal and Inferior Officers
                                    • Removals
                                      • Overview of Removal of Executive Branch Officers
                                        • Decision of 1789 and Removals in Early Republic
                                          • Removals in Jacksonian America Through the Nineteenth Century
                                            • Removals in the 1920s
                                              • Removals in the 1930s
                                                • Later Twentieth Century Cases on Removal
                                                  • Twenty-First Century Cases on Removal

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                                                • Explanation of the Constitution - from the Congressional Research Service


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