alt Hacker News> The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.
Seems fine that the bureaucrats to whom executive power is delegated should be answerable to the executive.
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ahmeneeroe-v2 • 02/19/2025
Yeah this is a key tenant of the MAGA 2016 and 2024 campaigns: draining the swamp, fighting the deep state, etc.
How else is the executive supposed to align fed bureaucrats to his goals?
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They already are, via cabinet members and their deputies/undersecretaries. Those people are appointed by the president, but need to be confirmed by the Senate as a check on the president's power.
Trump is doing another end run around the confirmation process with his "liaisons".