A legal battle initiated during the Biden administration paved the way for former President Donald Trump to remove several members from the Kennedy Center board. The case, Spicer v. Biden, involved former Trump press secretary Sean Spicer and others challenging President Biden's attempt to remove them from the Board of Visitors for the Naval Academy.
Spicer, who was appointed by Trump, refused to resign from his position despite receiving a termination ultimatum from the White House. With the support of America First Legal, founded by Stephen Miller, Spicer and others pursued a lawsuit against the Biden administration to establish the right of a president to dismiss certain appointees.
