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In other words, Barr used general statutory authority to appoint someone and then by order applied the regulations—including the regulations that limit the special counsel's removal—to that appointment. Very clever.
Too clever, in fact. At least as I read it, and I'll be curious if @steve_vladeck disagrees with me, all the next attorney general has to do to get rid of this investigation—if he or she wants to do so—is rescind this Barr order applying the special counsel regulations to the SC.
At that point, Durham becomes a regular dude appointed by the attorney general to investigate some stuff and can be removed from that position at will. In the alternative, the next attorney general could simply amend this order and make clear that the entire slate of...
...special counsel regulations apply—and then remove Durham on grounds that his appointment is not, in fact, compatible with those regulations.
The best course, in the real world, may be to let him finish his probe. But if the next attorney general wants to end this thing, I think he or she will have ample latitude to do so.
That's all I got on quick inspection.
And then Republicans will have the talking point that Biden and his AG quashed an investigation, thus adding more fuel for their deranged conspiracies.
That may be the case, but the attorney general would nonetheless have to make the decision to do so, which could have political consequences. The purpose behind Barr's appointment appears to be creating an obstacle to the termination of the investigation by the next AG.
Is this a shiny object for the Biden AG confirmation hearing?
He's also not applying 600.1, which are the grounds for appointment the Special Counsel in the first place. He is seeming to make the call that the future AG will have a conflict of interest -- or in any case substituting his evaluation for the reason for an SC for the next AG's.
That seems the most problematic. If an AG appoints an SC because of the circumstances present at that moment in time (when s/he is AG), it makes sense to continue it into the next admin. But this reasoning (it seems, since he doesn't articulate it) is about a future circumstance
Sorry I’ve had several alcoholic beverages, I’m very confused 
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