Moses Ex Rel. Moses v. Board of Veterans Affairs

Most of the issues raised on this appeal deal with the manner of removal of the petitioner by the board of veterans affairs. But, before we can get to the HOW of the removal, we must first determine WHO had the right to remove him from the secretaryship. Certainly, in this case, although not in the dictionary, WHO comes before HOW. The threshold question is who had the statutory right and authority to remove the petitioner as secretary of veterans affairs.

In this state the right to remove legislative or appointive state officers is given by statute to the person or body that made the…