US DOJ tells appeals court Congress did not grant PCLOB members removal protections
( August 15, 2025, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice urged an appeals court to reverse a decision that found the firings of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board members Travis LeBlanc and Edward Felten were unlawful, arguing that there are no clear statutory removal protections for PCLOB members. “It is also particularly implausible that when Congress reconstituted the PCLOB in 2007 and significantly rewrote the statute, it would have established a removal restriction through inferences rather than through statutory text,” brief said.See attached file. ...
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