He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
It explicitly says Congress controls the appointments of Inferior Officers via their legislative powers, you don't have to "assume" anything. What you have to "assume" is that the President has some unwritten authority to bypass Congress and fire them to appoint his own guys.
but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
Do you think the laws creating these agencies Trump's trying to take over don't specify that?
You can literally just look up the legislation creating any agency you want and it will tell you how it's managed.
Like the Department of Education:
TITLE IV ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Part A Personnel Provisions
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Sec. 401. [20 U.S.C. 3461] (a) The Secretary is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of such officers and employees, including attorneys, as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Secretary and the Department.
Holy cow that was hard. DOE employees answer to the Secretary of Education. Who would've thought?
I see, you think the Constitution says something like:
Article 3
The Executive Branch
The executive branch constitutes the administrative state and is run by the President.
It doesn't. It lists out the President's powers, one of those is to appoint the head of any department, another is to appoint "inferior officers" (bureaucrats) unless Congress grants that authority to the head of department or the courts.
The US government isn't a business and the President's unilateral power is deliberately limited to the military. Even with the military the ability to decide to go to war is supposed to be limited to Congress even though in practice they've delegated that away to the President.
The President doesn't even have the authority to order his appointees around, his authority is limited to:
he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices
But somehow you're reading this as "All departments are structured like the Navy."
Oh well daddy's EO will get struck down and I look forward to the seethe.
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It explicitly says Congress controls the appointments of Inferior Officers via their legislative powers, you don't have to "assume" anything. What you have to "assume" is that the President has some unwritten authority to bypass Congress and fire them to appoint his own guys.
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The president appoints his own guys because ITS SAYS RIGHT THERE IN THE FRICKING QUOTE THAT HE APPOINTS THEM
Where does it say congress has to be consulted to terminate. WHERE.
By your own rules it has to say that explicitly or it does not count
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Do you think the laws creating these agencies Trump's trying to take over don't specify that?
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Okay quote the laws that specify who fires them and In will admit I am wrong
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You can literally just look up the legislation creating any agency you want and it will tell you how it's managed.
Like the Department of Education:
Holy cow that was hard. DOE employees answer to the Secretary of Education. Who would've thought?
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And who is the secretary of educations boss?
You've literally just proven yourself wrong. Chain of command means Trump can fire.
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I see, you think the Constitution says something like:
It doesn't. It lists out the President's powers, one of those is to appoint the head of any department, another is to appoint "inferior officers" (bureaucrats) unless Congress grants that authority to the head of department or the courts.
The US government isn't a business and the President's unilateral power is deliberately limited to the military. Even with the military the ability to decide to go to war is supposed to be limited to Congress even though in practice they've delegated that away to the President.
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Being this obtuse does not work in court so good luck. Seems like a pretty straightforward "lmao ur wrong" case so feel free to litigate.
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I really just don't get what you're missing.
The President doesn't even have the authority to order his appointees around, his authority is limited to:
But somehow you're reading this as "All departments are structured like the Navy."
Oh well daddy's EO will get struck down and I look forward to the seethe.
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