Labor/Employment,
Government
May 13, 2017
James Comey's firing through the eyes of a labor lawyer
We begin where James Comey ended. In his farewell letter, Comey noted that a president can fire an FBI director for any reason, or for no reason at all.
Anthony R. Segall
Rothner, Segall & Greenstone
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Pasadena , CA 91101
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Email: asegall@rsglabor.com
We begin where James Comey ended. In his farewell letter, Comey noted that a president can fire an FBI director for any reason, or for no reason at all. True enough. Comey was an at-will employee, and the president's ill will doesn't bar him from discharging the FBI director.
On the other hand, labor and employment law has much to say about discerning the true motive for the employer's decision. The president's true motivation is critical - to the American people, to Congress, and to...
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