U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon in Florida said officials like Smith typically must be confirmed by the Senate unless Congress has given such appointment powers to the executive branch alone. No federal law gave Attorney General Merrick Garland that authority, she wrote in the 93-page ruling.


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