The Republic is not a republic as long as thousands of little emperors can do as they please and cannot be fired.
We have the federal courts in real control, because the president cannot fire a disobedient bureaucrat, but a judge can put him in jail for defying a judge’s order.
Back in Andrew Jackson’s time, it was expected that an incoming president would fire much of the senior bureaucrats and replace them with his own people.
The Deep State depends on stability.
“A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy. A republic replied the Doctor if you can keep it. [Footnote:] The lady here aluded to was Mrs. Powel of Philada.”
James McHenry’s diary