Congress and the Bureaucracy: Organization, Appointment, and Removal

Congress "organizes" the executive:

• The "organization" of DHS.
• The "organization" of the intelligence community.

Confirmation hearings:

• John Kerry has some questions for Sam Fox, nominee for Ambassador to Belgium, and donor to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. Why do you think Bush pulled the nomination?
• Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse uses Mukasey's confirmation hearing to make a point about waterboarding:

The removal power came dramatically into view when a controversy arose over the firing of US Attorneys: