Yeah people pretend like Obamas hands are tied.
They're an agency formed by Presidental Mandate, they're his play thing.
BS - The President does not rule by fiat. Poor eduction on this. He proposed it and it was approved by Congress.
REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 2 OF 1973
Eff. July 1, 1973, 38 F.R. 15932, 87 Stat. 1091, as
amended Pub. L. 93–253, § 1, Mar. 16, 1974, 88 Stat. 50
Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled, March 28, 1973, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 9 of Title 5 of the United States Code.
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title5/pdf/USCODE-2011-title5-app-reorganiz-other-dup96.pdf
Chapter 9 of Title 5 of the United States Code
(a)
The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States—.......
(d) The President shall from time to time examine the organization of all agencies and shall determine what changes in such organization are necessary to carry out any policy set forth in subsection (a) of this section.
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It is all extremely Legal. It is what we do and how we do it. You can think anything you want.