DJT's new OMB Director? Vivek's plan to reduce the 4th Branch of Government, todays WP:
Ramaswamy explains why he thinks he can abolish agencies without Congress
"Look at the operative language from the 1977 Reorganization Act. It gave the president a mandate: "the president shall from time to time [examine the organization of all] agencies." It used the word 'abolish.' That's not my word, it's the word in the statute." [Ed.: The Reorganization Act of 1977 gives the president the power to abolish "all or a part of the functions of an agency, except that no enforcement function or statutory program shall be abolished by the plan."
Ramaswamy: Look, I think there's going to be competing views, but I think [there are] a lot of legal academics who agree with me. The ultimate question is what does the current Supreme Court believe? Many of those legal academics probably agree with the dissenting views in West Virginia v. EPA. The justices who dissented had a view, and I think there's [some] legal academics who will say that the Supreme Court erred in that holding as well. But I think the current Supreme Court is with me, 6 to 3, and I think many legal academics are, too.
The WP: Former president Donald Trump proposed shutting down the
Environmental Protection Agency during his 2016 campaign. He called for "closing up the Department of Education" again on Wednesday. Why do you think he was unable to do it during his term?
Ramaswamy: I think the adviser class duped him. On one hand, it does take an outsider with total and complete disregard for the norms of Washington, D.C., to get this job done. Trump and I share that in common. However, it also requires a president who has independent understanding and conviction of the laws of this country. That's a more unique and rare combination that I'm bringing to the table."
