04-22-2019, 09:17 PM
(04-22-2019, 07:03 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: As I specifically said, it's not their job to make policy decisions, but it is their job to not follow illegal orders.
As always Fred, excellent reading comprehension before commenting on someone's post. Thanks for the contribution and have a good one.
I think what you're missing, though, is that when you are a staffer in the government like that, your action or inaction is policy creation. People don't think of it that way because it's not the formal policymaking process, but it is absolutely policy. When the POTUS gives a directive or an order, that is a creation of policy. By not carrying out that order, the bureaucrat has made a policy decision to not follow the policy of the POTUS. You have the unelected overruling the elected, and that is threatening to democracy.
As I said, if they find they can't carry out the orders, they should resign and whistleblow to Congress all the way out the door.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
