WASHINGTON, DC — Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed an application for a preliminary injunction against President Biden’s unprecedented threat to remove former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and former Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought from their duly-appointed positions on the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Naval Academy. Congress provided three-year terms for Board members and did not authorize the President to cut short that term. Nor does President Biden hold the constitutional authority to remove Mr. Spicer and Mr. Vought.

Until President Biden, no President has attempted to remove a Board member in violation of the statutory term of office. But, contrary to long-standing norms, this Administration has embarked on a government-wide program to purge the federal government, including the NSA and the Department of Defense, of employees and appointees with “unapproved” views. AFL will never stop fighting the Biden Administration’s abuses of power and unlawful overreach of its legal authority.    

Read the Memorandum in Support of Application for Preliminary Injunction here.