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> ... it's fully expected that anyone under the President may be forced to do whatever the President wants. Except, for the health and continuing stability of
by bobwaycott 10y ago
> ... it's fully expected that anyone under the President may be forced to do whatever the President wants.
Except, for the health and continuing stability of the republic, one should not expect this in cases where the President is judged by legal experts to be outside the Constitution. On principle alone, we do not expect civil servants to simply "do whatever the President wants"—that way lies tyranny. We expect them to uphold and defend the Constitution, not executive agendas. That's the oath they take. Every President is rightly subjected to scrutiny and criticism when they fire people for disagreement. We created this system of government to avoid the abuses of unchecked power.