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Re:When Not to Obey Orders (2019) by tiahura on Monday February 17, 2025 @05:38PM (#43083969)
Maybe there should be, but there’s no such thing as a semi-independent branch. Whoever told you so is either trying to mislead you or hasn’t read the constitution.

In the US, there are just 3 branches. Unless you work for congress or the courts, you work for the executive branch.

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Re:When Not to Obey Orders (2019) by buttercraft on Monday February 17, 2025 @05:47PM (#43084016)
They said branch offices
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Re:When Not to Obey Orders (2019) by alabastervlog on Monday February 17, 2025 @07:28PM (#43084648)
Yep, especially inspectors general.

These folks:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_General_Act_of_197...

Also some not-quite-just-serving-at-the-president’s-pleasure folks (according to the law, anyway) directors & other positions, notably the director of OGE.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Office_of_Gove...

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