It Lives!
As the American Founders understood, government sees itself as the single important component in any political relationship. A particularly insidious development in the modern American government's purposeful evolution is its efforts to become autonomous. The bureaucracy looks for self-perpetuating integrity. It is important to understand that this is a basic quality of government, unconnected to its origins or agreed-upon limits.
This from the WSJ:
In a Putinesque move, Ms. Warren removed herself from consideration as the agency's [Consumer Financial Protection Bureau] head and encouraged President Obama to appoint one of her protégés, Richard Cordray.
Flash forward to a new and hostile administration of the opposite party. Mr. Cordray, with one year left on his statutory term, announces his resignation. He also, citing a passage in the agency's founding statute, asserts his right to name his own successor, which he does in the person of Leandra English, another Warren loyalist.
Ms. English immediately launches a lawsuit to nullify President Trump's presumed power, under a separate law, the Vacancies Act, to name an acting director to replace Mr. Cordray. Now if Ms. English can prevail in court and Senate Democrats can block a new appointee after Mr. Cordray's term expires next year, presumably Ms. English can remain acting director as long as she wants, with power to name her own successor.
Voilà, an agency of the federal government becomes the dynastic possession of Ms. Warren and her designated cronies. Vladimir would be impressed.
Flash forward to a new and hostile administration of the opposite party. Mr. Cordray, with one year left on his statutory term, announces his resignation. He also, citing a passage in the agency's founding statute, asserts his right to name his own successor, which he does in the person of Leandra English, another Warren loyalist.
Ms. English immediately launches a lawsuit to nullify President Trump's presumed power, under a separate law, the Vacancies Act, to name an acting director to replace Mr. Cordray. Now if Ms. English can prevail in court and Senate Democrats can block a new appointee after Mr. Cordray's term expires next year, presumably Ms. English can remain acting director as long as she wants, with power to name her own successor.
Voilà, an agency of the federal government becomes the dynastic possession of Ms. Warren and her designated cronies. Vladimir would be impressed.
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