Our federal government is not what it seems.
Stick with me here.
There are actually two parts to our federal government. They are politics and administration.
Politics is the part of government that interfaces with the public. Administration is where the real work of government is done. This is where the experts and agencies are, insulated from the people.
These agencies make the actual laws (regulations they call them), make their own legal judgments, are unaccountable to anyone, including Congress and the Supreme Court. They are unelected and can’t be fired.
Politics is the part of the government we see. It is still composed of its three branches, although the functions of these branches have changed.
As per the Constitution the President has executive authority, basically the chief administrator. The Congress, both houses, was the law-making body and the Judiciary were to judge based upon the laws.
The judiciary hasn’t changed much other than they have no authority to go after the agencies, they lack the expert knowledge to do so.
Congress no longer makes laws; they have delegated that authority to the agencies. Instead they pass policy statements or mission statements and the agencies take it from there and create the working rules that fulfill what the statements from Congress want done.
The President is now the chief legislator. He is elected based upon the political agenda for America he is pushing. An agenda which Congress may or may not fulfill for him.
Both Congress and the President are elected, giving the people the illusion of control over their government.
Why is this the way it is? The Constitution allows for none of this. For the explanations go to Hillsdale College’s free online course Constitution 201.
Since we’re asking WHY. Why is the President limited to two terms but no other member of the government has any term limits? It doesn’t seem fair to me. It should be term limits for all or for none, in my opinion.
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