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The DoJ is in federal executive branch. President is top of chain-of-command of executive branch. In fact, the constitution itself [0] states the [federal] ex
by notch656a 5y ago
The DoJ is in federal executive branch. President is top of chain-of-command of executive branch. In fact, the constitution itself [0] states the [federal] executive power is vested in the president. Disconnect is probably not an accurate word to describe the relationship between DoJ and President.
[0] https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/article/article-ii https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/arti...
- mc32 5y agoTrue but the president can’t fire the whole department and hire a new one. They have enough trouble when the want to fire the USAG if the other party doesn’t want to see change.