Shira Perlmutter v. Todd Blanche

The critical application hinges on whether the President's broad removal power under Article II extends to the Register of Copyrights, an officer appointed by the Librarian of Congress rather than the President himself. The Copyright Act vests appointment authority exclusively in the Librarian and is silent on removal, raising the interpretive question whether that structural choice implies a for-cause limitation or whether the President's executive authority overrides it under Myers. Perlmutter's removal shortly after her office released the critical AI copyright report directly tests this boundary: if removal power is unqualified, the President may reshape the Copyright Office's policy direction through personnel; if the Librarian's appointment authority carries protective force, the President cannot dismiss the Register for policy disagreement alone.