How long has Ellen Weintraub served on the Federal Elections Commission? Her five-year term began when Jason Bourne first discovered his identity was false, and Harry Potter discovered a chamber of secrets in Hogwarts. The term should have ended when Juno wisecracked through a pregnancy and Jason Bourne delivered an ultimatum.
Mahmoud Abbas has had more elections than Weintraub in the past 20 years.
Late yesterday, Donald Trump decided to remove Weintraub, 17 years after her term expired and now the FEC chair by rotation. Can he do it? The New York Times doesn’t think so:
Ms. Weintraub, who has served as a Democratic commissioner on the bipartisan panel since 2002, posted a short letter signed by Mr. Trump on social media that said she was “hereby removed” from the commission effective immediately. She said in an interview that she did not see the…
