alt Hacker NewsThey are accountable to the courts, whose job it is to decide if they are faithfully fulfilling the laws laid out by Congress.
They are accountable to the courts, whose job it is to decide if they are faithfully fulfilling the laws laid out by Congress.
Sure, but that's true before and after this EO.
What I'm talking about is accountability for interpretation of the law.
Let's say the head of an agency decides their interpretation of the law is X, but the President thinks it's Y. You can't bring them to court because X and Y fall within the interpretation of law.
If agencies were not accountable to the President, you basically have an unelected/unaccountable (when it comes to policy within interpretation of the law) bureaucrat that the voters are unable to hold accountable.
With this EO, the voters can elect a President who can then direct the agency head to execute interpretation Y.
That seems like the more idea scenario?