Nonilex<p>"The secretary can remove them at will, & the threat of removal is the ultimate tool for control over final decisions on recommendations," <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> lawyers wrote.</p><p>For this & other reasons, DOJ lawyers argued, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USPSTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPSTF</span></a>'s members should be seen as so-called "inferior officers," meaning they can be lawfully appointed by an executive branch dept head - like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> - & do not require <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> confirmation under the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ACA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PreventiveCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PreventiveCare</span></a></p>