Or if congress does their job, but in the end the Republican party is setting up their constituents to be upset by enabling future parties to come in and fire the entire staff illegally for meaningless tit for tat political gain.

I’d argue the judicial branch is the only branch fighting back mostly because it still has a fair amount of Democrat judges not falling in line. As (R) prosecutors quit, as judges block executive orders and memos, it is the only fight happening as congress gives itself over to revenge politics.

The congressional branch could sue too.