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Lawmakers don't have any actual power if the agencies resist them. One great example of this was during the initial travel bans, both lawmakers and judges were
by kevingadd 7y ago
Lawmakers don't have any actual power if the agencies resist them. One great example of this was during the initial travel bans, both lawmakers and judges were unable to get CBP/DHS to actually comply with orders because the government employees working for those agencies simply ignored them. When that happens the only real option a judge has is to send federal marshals out to enforce an order (as far as I know), and there's no guarantee the marshals will listen.
- xnyan 7y ago>Lawmakers don't have any actual power This is not true at all. Congress controls the purse. CBP can ignore all they want, but they would probably be more pliable if they were not getting paid. Also "...all civil officers of the United States" can be removed directly by the Senate. In practice this is limited to heads of agencies at the lowest but that is just a practice, anyone executing federal power is applicable.