Parsons v. United States

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{{Infobox SCOTUS case

|Litigants=Parsons v. United States

|ArgueDate=April 8–9

|ArgueYear=1897

|DecideDate=May 24

|DecideYear=1897

|FullName=

|USVol=167

|USPage=324

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|Prior=

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|Holding=An officer of the United States appointed for a fixed term is a limit on the duration the officer may hold their position before being reappointed, not a limit on the President's ability to remove such officer before the term has expired.

|Majority=Peckham

|JoinMajority=unanimous

|LawsApplied=U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 2

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Parsons v. United States, 167 U.S. 324 (1897), was a decision of the United States Supreme Court concerning the Appointments Clause. The question before the Court was whether the President had the power to remove a district attorney appointed to a four-year term. Beginning with the history of the Decision of 1789, the Court recounted how Vice-President John Adams cast the tie-breaking vote of the First Congress to "[settle] the question of constitutional power in favor of the President".