Because going down the chain of command is not how it works.
Sure, if Trump wanted someone at FEMA gone, he could either pressure someone down the line enough for the employee to eventually get fired or fire anyone who defies him and hire people who will do as he says. But depending on who it is, such as whoever wrote the post in the OP here, you could go through a dozen department heads until you finally make it to them.
And don't forget that this is bureaucracy at it's worst, and documentation of each little thing needs to be made in order to show that there was cause for them to be dismissed. Otherwise it would be one hell of a lawsuit they'd have for an unfair dismissal.
If you seriously think that everything is just an issue of who has the authority to fire the person directly above you, then I just don't have anything to say that might explain it to you.
But if we're going to use your example here, then why can't we use it anywhere we want in government? Why can't Trump just fire everyone, make a clean slate of it. Start all over.
Or does he only have the authority to hire and fire people when it's convenient? Can't have it both ways.
I'll assume you realize now although you didn't acknowledge it that the President does. Therefore the President would be the top of the hierarchy of the bureaucracy. This suggests to me that he indeed has the power to hire and fire at FEMA. Which you asserted he did not.
I just posted that in a separatepost, because I realized I might have given you too much credit in seeing how what I commented tied in to the President being directly over the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Did you not bother reading my post? Did you not understand it?
Do you not understand how things like conflict of interest arises in the scenario you've painted? Are you completely unaware of the legal ramifications of someone being unfairly dismissed? Or that the President has much more important things to do than run around firing every mid-level employee that does something he doesn't like?
Note that I'm not just talking about Trump here. Unless you think this would somehow magically only relate to him? Imagine if the Democrats could just fire whoever they wanted.
So, to point it out, again, just because the President could eventually work his way down the chain of command to eventually get to the person he wants to fire, that does not mean he has the authority to just fire anyone he wants.
There's a concept called "abuse of power" that you might want to look up.
The Secretary of Homeland Security answers directly to the President. My previous post already points out why being able to fire the Secretary of Homeland Security doesn't mean that the President can fire people under their domain himself.
Because going down the chain of command is not how it works.
Sure, if Trump wanted someone at FEMA gone, he could either pressure someone down the line enough for the employee to eventually get fired or fire anyone who defies him and hire people who will do as he says. But depending on who it is, such as whoever wrote the post in the OP here, you could go through a dozen department heads until you finally make it to them.
And don't forget that this is bureaucracy at it's worst, and documentation of each little thing needs to be made in order to show that there was cause for them to be dismissed. Otherwise it would be one hell of a lawsuit they'd have for an unfair dismissal.
If you seriously think that everything is just an issue of who has the authority to fire the person directly above you, then I just don't have anything to say that might explain it to you.
But if we're going to use your example here, then why can't we use it anywhere we want in government? Why can't Trump just fire everyone, make a clean slate of it. Start all over.
Or does he only have the authority to hire and fire people when it's convenient? Can't have it both ways.
Could you please answer the question sir?
I did answer it.
I'll assume you realize now although you didn't acknowledge it that the President does. Therefore the President would be the top of the hierarchy of the bureaucracy. This suggests to me that he indeed has the power to hire and fire at FEMA. Which you asserted he did not.
I just posted that in a separatepost, because I realized I might have given you too much credit in seeing how what I commented tied in to the President being directly over the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Did you not bother reading my post? Did you not understand it?
Do you not understand how things like conflict of interest arises in the scenario you've painted? Are you completely unaware of the legal ramifications of someone being unfairly dismissed? Or that the President has much more important things to do than run around firing every mid-level employee that does something he doesn't like?
Note that I'm not just talking about Trump here. Unless you think this would somehow magically only relate to him? Imagine if the Democrats could just fire whoever they wanted.
So, to point it out, again, just because the President could eventually work his way down the chain of command to eventually get to the person he wants to fire, that does not mean he has the authority to just fire anyone he wants.
There's a concept called "abuse of power" that you might want to look up.
But since you seem to need it spelled out to you:
Yes. I understand what the Socratic Method is.
The Secretary of Homeland Security answers directly to the President. My previous post already points out why being able to fire the Secretary of Homeland Security doesn't mean that the President can fire people under their domain himself.
My point exactly.