#15 | Posted by donnerboy
Gee...I was mis-terming this whole time!
I honestly thought it meant more like:
Who oversees executive agencies?
The President of the United States
The President of the United States, after signing Congressional acts into law, oversees most executive agencies tasked with implementing and enforcing legislative requirements. Although so called "independent regulatory agencies" operate outside of the president's purview, their rules still equally apply to the public.
Who runs executive agencies?
The President is responsible for implementing and enforcing the laws written by Congress and, to that end, appoints the heads of the federal agencies, including the Cabinet. The Vice President is also part of the Executive Branch, ready to assume the Presidency should the need arise.
I am SO guilty of using 'oversight' to mean 'oversee'
How funny. The principle- that the EXECUTIVE oversees agencies created by congress- is still valid.
Without this Executive Overview, congress would be free to create agencies with the main function of redirecting public funds to uncontrolled (oops, controlled only the fox in the henhouse) agencies feeding a shady network of NGOs... Oh wait, that's already happened...
"oversight", "oversee" OK got me. That was a real oversight on my part! I lacked the overview of the whole oversee oversight issue!
I honestly thought that the Executive was the constitutional check of the congress, and the Judicial (via the SC) the check of the Executive.
My face is red, but I'm laughing.
