President Biden has precipitated a battle over a minor government post that could actually have semi-major ramifications for reining in presidential power. As is his wont, Biden is probably wrong. A court should issue an injunction against his action, at least long enough to consider the case on its merits.

On Tuesday, Biden’s team sent a message to Roger Severino, a high-profile former official for the Department of Health and Human Services, to demand Severino’s resignation from a post to which former President Donald Trump had appointed Severino just two weeks earlier. A Biden mid-level aide named Gautam Raghavan told Severino that if he did not resign by the end of the day on Wednesday, his appointment would be “terminated.” On Wednesday, Raghavan followed up with a curt, one-sentence email asserting that the appointment indeed had been ended. Raghavan provided no justification for the authority to fire Severino.