Danielle Kurtzleben

The leaders, for example, can't be fired for political reasons. A president can only fire one by law for doing something really wrong, like misconduct. They're often headed by boards or commissions of people with staggered terms. The idea there is that no president can totally change the leadership, him or herself. And they don't have to submit new regulations to the White House.

When the DOD comes up with a new regulation, they have to submit it. These agencies don't. But this new executive order would change that part in particular.

When the DOD comes up with a new regulation, they have to submit it. These agencies don't. But this new executive order would change that part in particular.

When the DOD comes up with a new regulation, they have to submit it. These agencies don't. But this new executive order would change that part in particular.

Well, in short, this order really rips out that insulation I talked about that these agencies have tended to have from the president. So let me make up a very simple hypothetical. The FCC, the Federal Communications Commission, has a new regulation about what words you can and can't say on television or the radio. They haven't had to run that by the White House so far. Well, now they would.

Well, in short, this order really rips out that insulation I talked about that these agencies have tended to have from the president. So let me make up a very simple hypothetical. The FCC, the Federal Communications Commission, has a new regulation about what words you can and can't say on television or the radio. They haven't had to run that by the White House so far. Well, now they would.

Well, in short, this order really rips out that insulation I talked about that these agencies have tended to have from the president. So let me make up a very simple hypothetical. The FCC, the Federal Communications Commission, has a new regulation about what words you can and can't say on television or the radio. They haven't had to run that by the White House so far. Well, now they would.

But there are a couple other related things this order would do. It says each agency has to have a White House liaison. what they do has to be consistent with White House policy and that the Office of Management and Budget Director, a guy named Russell Vogt under Donald Trump, he has power over their apportionments, over their money, so he can adjust what they have and how they spend it.

But there are a couple other related things this order would do. It says each agency has to have a White House liaison. what they do has to be consistent with White House policy and that the Office of Management and Budget Director, a guy named Russell Vogt under Donald Trump, he has power over their apportionments, over their money, so he can adjust what they have and how they spend it.

But there are a couple other related things this order would do. It says each agency has to have a White House liaison. what they do has to be consistent with White House policy and that the Office of Management and Budget Director, a guy named Russell Vogt under Donald Trump, he has power over their apportionments, over their money, so he can adjust what they have and how they spend it.

quote, to advance the president's policies and priorities. So this gives the president so much power with these agencies. I do want to add one important thing here, though. The Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee, both at the Fed, the central bank, they are exempted from this.

quote, to advance the president's policies and priorities. So this gives the president so much power with these agencies. I do want to add one important thing here, though. The Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee, both at the Fed, the central bank, they are exempted from this.

quote, to advance the president's policies and priorities. So this gives the president so much power with these agencies. I do want to add one important thing here, though. The Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee, both at the Fed, the central bank, they are exempted from this.

The Fed's independence has long been seen as a fundamental part of the way that it stabilizes the economy.

The Fed's independence has long been seen as a fundamental part of the way that it stabilizes the economy.

The Fed's independence has long been seen as a fundamental part of the way that it stabilizes the economy.

I mean, there is definitely the fact that Donald Trump in his first term very much sought to have as much presidential power as possible. So, I mean, the fact that he broadly wants to expand the power of the presidency, yeah, we kind of knew that. But this in particular... He never, on the campaign trail that I heard and I went to a lot of his events, said anything about independent agencies.

I mean, there is definitely the fact that Donald Trump in his first term very much sought to have as much presidential power as possible. So, I mean, the fact that he broadly wants to expand the power of the presidency, yeah, we kind of knew that. But this in particular... He never, on the campaign trail that I heard and I went to a lot of his events, said anything about independent agencies.

I mean, there is definitely the fact that Donald Trump in his first term very much sought to have as much presidential power as possible. So, I mean, the fact that he broadly wants to expand the power of the presidency, yeah, we kind of knew that. But this in particular... He never, on the campaign trail that I heard and I went to a lot of his events, said anything about independent agencies.

But there's another move he has made this year, which is he has fired the heads of some of these agencies, commissioners at like the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. That is something that presidents just haven't done. Like I've said, the idea is a president shouldn't be able to fire those people for political purposes.