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No One Is in Charge at the US Copyright Office

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156 points rntn | 1 comments | 28 Jun 25 17:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | source
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abeppu ◴[28 Jun 25 21:33 UTC] No.44408351[source]▶
So, this article describes the sequence of events as the Trump administration attempting to replace the librarian of congress, and Trump's named replacement saying he was replacing the Copyright Register with a Trump DOJ person.

I am not a lawyer but I thought it was pretty well established that (a) the library of congress is part of the legislature, not an executive branch office and (b) that the president can remove some people but can't install people in the other branches without confirmation (e.g. when a SCOTUS justice dies or retires, the president can't name a temporary justice).

https://www.govtrack.us/posts/503/2025-05-13_president-trump...

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1. acdha ◴[29 Jun 25 00:11 UTC] No.44409245[source]▶
It’s complicated because there are some executive-like functions which have created legal question about it. As always in this kind of debate, remember that Congress could resolve all of this by clearly stating their intention in statute rather than leaving it to the courts to try to balance concerns.

https://www.authorsalliance.org/2025/05/09/carla-hayden-remo...