The original post says that Presidential appointees to government agencies
don't know the inside workings of the agencies well enough to get policies done.
I would argue that the appointees DO have the power.
If a career bureaucrat refuses to carry out an order,
that is cause for termination. Or at least reassignment to a powerless position.
Reassign someone else into the job, who WILL carry out orders.
What the original post fails to address is the problem of
"independent regulatory agencies" -
agencies that are NOT in the Executive Branch,
that are NOT under a Cabinet official.
They first started to be created around 1880.
They act "independently." They exercise
legislative, executive, and judicial powers with NO accountability!
They are usually governed by a board of directors,
appointed by the President, and confirmed by Congress.
Usually 5 directors per agency, one appointed every 2 years.
They usually end up being puppets of the industries they're supposed to regulate!
What should happen is, file a court case in the Federal Circuit
that points out the illegality/unconstitutionality of this arrangement,
and call for the remedy of putting these agencies under Cabinet officials.
Take it from the Federal Circuit straight to the Supreme Court.
Bureaucrats have a saying - "the process IS the punishment!"
When a bureaucrat decides to attack you,
you have to spend years going through all of the
independent agency's "administrative law courts"
before you can even START to have your case heard by a CONSTITUTIONAL court!
The bureaucracy's illegal action against you has bankrupted you
long before you ever get to be heard by a legitimate court!
Abolish this illegal system!
Put them in the Executive Branch, where they can be held accountable!
