alt Hacker NewsIf it's so they're hardly independent agencies, and the point of this executive order is indeed to eliminate the independence.
If it's so they're hardly independent agencies, and the point of this executive order is indeed to eliminate the independence.
No because "independent agency" just mean the agency was established by law, with a specific mandate and regulations that the President can't independently change.
It doesn't mean the agency isn't a part of the Executive branch with the President at it's head and it doesn't mean the President can't fire them for specific reasons.