alt Hacker News> “Independent” agencies have always been a distinction within the executive branch
The common use of the expression "fourth branch of government" to describe independent agencies belies your assertion here.
> “Independent” agencies have always been a distinction within the executive branch
The common use of the expression "fourth branch of government" to describe independent agencies belies your assertion here.
The common use of that termis to describe administrative agencies with regulatory power, independent of whether they are independent agencies; its a (hostile and derogatory reference to) bureaucracy distant from elected officials, not a theory of the positioning of independent agencies in contrast to other executive agencies.