Activist Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, appointed by President Ronald Reagan, has ruled that Kari Lake’s appointment as Senior Advisor to the Acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) was “unconstitutional.”
The court claimed that Lake’s appointment allegedly “violated” both the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution and the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, meaning she lacked the lawful authority to exercise the powers of the agency’s chief executive.
According to the ruling, the problem with Lake’s appointment was twofold.
First, she had not been confirmed by the U.S. Senate, which is typically required for principal officers exercising the powers of a federal agency head.
Second, the court found that Lake was not serving in the agency at the time the vacancy occurred, which disqualified her from assuming the role under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act.
Because those legal requirements were not satisfied, the judge concluded that Lake never had lawful authority to act as acting CEO of USAGM.
The ruling on Saturday goes even further.
It states that every official action Lake took while exercising the powers of the CEO is invalid, including major policy decisions and personnel moves.
The ruling specifically declares that:
In the same order, the court required federal officials to file a status report by March 11, 2026 explaining:
Source: The Gateway Pundit
