“Only the Appointments Clause or the Vacancies Act’s exclusive structure may authorize service as a principal officer, and [Kari] Lake satisfies the requirements of neither the statute nor the Constitution,” U.S. District Senior Judge Royce C. Lamberth wrote in a decision invalidating Lake’s service as acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media and Lake’s attempt to gut Voice of America’s workforce.
“Only the Appointments Clause or the Vacancies Act’s exclusive structure may authorize service as a principal officer, and [Kari] Lake satisfies the requirements of neither the statute nor the Constitution,” U.S. District Senior Judge Royce C. Lamberth wrote in a decision invalidating Lake’s service as acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media and Lake’s attempt to gut Voice of America’s workforce.
