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17. By statute the Librarian of Congress is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of Congress

Mon May 12, 2025, 11:42 PM

May 12

One issue is whether and under what circumstances, the president can fire the librarian, who by statute is appointed to a ten year term.
Another issue is whether the president can name an acting librarian and, if so, what rules apply to such an appointment.
One thing that is clear is that the authority to name the register of copyrights is vested by statute in the Librarian of Congress, not the president.

As someone who has practiced before the Copyright Office for over 40 years, it is going to be interesting to see how this mess is resolved. Folks who work at the Library, and in particular at the Copyright Office, are quite fearful of what comes next.

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Justice Department's Todd Blanche appointed acting Librarian of Congress [View all] BumRushDaShow May 12 OP

How better to burn the books? And the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, ... erronis May 12 #1

The theft of priceless American artifacts. Irish_Dem May 12 #2

The theft in many formats... slightlv May 12 #15

The scope and depth of the crimes is mind boggling. Irish_Dem May 13 #19

The crime spree keeps finding levels I couldn't have fathomed, yellow dahlia May 13 #30

I kept warning that Trump was a vicious, ruthless psychopath. Irish_Dem May 13 #34

Writers are going to have to up their writing game on crime novels slightlv May 13 #37

Except no one would believe a crime novel along the lines of the Trump Crime Family. Irish_Dem May 13 #38

Media critical of Trump and republicans will be off the shelves. And supportive DEI material. Norrrm May 12 #3

This is to let Elon steal copyrighted materials for his AI firm. SunSeeker May 12 #4

Not just Elon. All the AI bros. highplainsdem May 12 #6

it's all a joke Karch May 12 #5

Nothing is sacred, anymore. littlemissmartypants May 12 #7

Nothing is sacred - exactly. yellow dahlia May 13 #29

Can't wait to see who the next Poet Laureate is BaronChocula May 12 #8

OOOOH! Pick Kid Rock!! Pick Kid Rock!!! BurnDoubt May 12 #11

Oh my BaronChocula May 12 #16

The grift continues - he gets a justice department salary as well as the library of congress salary. And the MAGAts iluvtennis May 12 #9

It's like they meet every night just to decide bluestarone May 12 #10

I just read a post indicating this is a Legislative Branch Appointment... BurnDoubt May 12 #12

I saw the same thing about 30 minutes ago BumRushDaShow May 12 #13

this is what is being reported by Rachel NJCher May 12 #14

By statute the Librarian of Congress is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of Congress onenote May 12 #17

45 doesn't care, nor do the DOGE people, as none have a clue about the web of laws that created these agencies/Boards BumRushDaShow May 13 #22

No doubt, But my post wasn't directed at Trump or Doge onenote May 13 #24

"the president can't name the register of copyrights -- by law, that authority is vested in the Librarian of Congress." BumRushDaShow May 13 #31

We know Trump ignores the law. But that doesn't mean it isn't important to point out what the law actually is onenote May 13 #35

And his intransigence was my point BumRushDaShow May 13 #36

The congress doesn't care. choie May 13 #32

Yup BumRushDaShow May 13 #33

With respect to the Librarian, the post you saw is inaccurate. See post #24 onenote May 13 #25

It's like they're using AI to figure out how to break things fast. mahina May 13 #28

Congress is not executive branch department. Guess who's Library? (other than ultimately US citizen's in trust). . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 13 #18

The Librarian is a Presidentially appointed 10-year termed person though BumRushDaShow May 13 #23

The courts disagree onenote May 13 #27

Thanks. Iinterested to see who the Senate confirms -- Blanche or Newlen. ancianita May 13 #20

Have they hired someone to dust the librarian's chair? JustABozoOnThisBus May 13 #21

I actually gave a lecture and served on a panel lapfog_1 May 13 #26

No more Dewey Decimal System kskiska May 13 #39

The Library of Congress has its own classification system onenote May 13 #40