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But to whatever extent (if any) that senatorial "Advice and Consent" ought still to apply to new executive-branch appointments, I can see no reason at all why it should also apply to executive-branch expulsions - especially when the "expulsee" is a holdover from a previous administration. At the very least, the Chief Executive should be permitted (or even expected) to fire any such executive-branch holdovers - at will, and for any reason.
What possible purpose is served by forcing a present administration to retain executive bureau appointees from previous administrations? Whose interests are served by such a scheme? It certainly isn't "the people" (or "the several states", even if that was still a going concern any more - which it isn't)? So who, then?
Who Really Runs America—Elected Officials or Bureaucrats?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHHCzvYQcIc
{Mises Media | 01 October 2025}
The media is trying to frame last week’s indictment of James Comey as a “norm-shattering” use of executive power for personal gain. In truth, it's just the latest chapter in a much older story: the struggle between elected and unelected officials.
Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-comey-and-long-history-unelected-government [see article below - OB]
Be sure to follow the Guns and Butter...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHHCzvYQcIc
{Mises Media | 01 October 2025}
The media is trying to frame last week’s indictment of James Comey as a “norm-shattering” use of executive power for personal gain. In truth, it's just the latest chapter in a much older story: the struggle between elected and unelected officials.
Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-comey-and-long-history-unelected-government [see article below - OB]
Be sure to follow the Guns and Butter...