[laweeks]

Could Congress create a fourth branch of government

We already have a fourth branch of government: any department that creates regulations which no one approved.

[Grimmy]

I’d be a whole lot more cost effective if we just utilized the tool allowed us in The Constitution specifically for stomping the totalitarianism out of an out of control government.

[Phlap]

Barry is a great campaigner. Just ask him and he will tell you. lol

But seriously, he couldn't do any worse than Nancy, could he?

[Phlap]

Ever since my masochistic baby went and left me, I’ve got nothing to punch but the clock.

[Vlad The Inhaler]

Could Congress create a fourth branch of government? Maybe break off a piece of what the executive branch handles now — commerce, say, or agriculture, or maybe even defense — and create a new office supported by its own dedicated tax stream and the authority to levy penalties?

It's unconstitutional but they have already done that.

It's called the IRS.

[Whenifhow]

Thanks for posting. Cordray is bad news. According to the article, there are few reasons to dismiss him, although at the end of the article it seemed like he was being discriminatory.

[Monorprise]

At the state level the executive branch can be effectively and accountability be fractured into separate dedicated elected officials for each area.

We have in most states Separately elected Attorney generals.
Separately elected education department head.
We also separate elected Land commissioner(for collecting royalty on western state lands).

All elected specifically by the people for their respective policies in their respective area of expertise.

Only in Washington do we have to elect one President, who chooses all theses people and thus for better or worse makes all theses policies. I’m sorry but if you think the President can’t obstruct or interfere with his employee’s activities your crazy.

But if you think that is a good idea to create an executive employee unaccountable to elected officials, your even more crazy. That’s called a dictator and they tend to do even more crazy dictatorial stuff on their own initiative than the federal employees in black robes have done in response to other people’s initiative.