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Sure the structure can be changed to help mitigate this type of situation.  The CEO analogy is very flawed because no CEO controls the police, the prosecutor's office, the SEC, etc.  Companies are constrained because the checks on it are external and cannot be corrupted by a corrupt CEO -- well, unless he's a super-villain.

The CEO analogy has flaws, I agree, but not in the area of oversight. The House of Representatives functions as the police force for the president. The Senate functions as a court of law during an impeachment trial. The checks on the POTUS are external and real. Unfortunately the Senate was "corrupted" by this POTUS. It didn't take much, so I don't give him super-villain credit. Even if you make the IG jobs lifetime appointments, nothing prevents the POTUS from directing his people not to cooperate. Given that the usual purpose of the IG is to investigate "down" towards people who are below the POTUS, the idea that they are much of a threat to the POTUS is already questionable. The current POTUS should have simply ignored them, not fired them. This POTUS has such poor impulse control he couldn't resist a "Your Fired" response. If the POTUS does not fear impeachment if he stonewalls the IG, the IG is powerless. Do you think the Senate would remove the president over moving a golf tournament to a Trump course? I think they should, but I am pretty sure that they wouldn't. If what went on regarding the Ukraine, which had direct implications to the USA, wasn't enough, improperly attempting to move a  golf tournament certainly isn't.

POTUS has too much power.  He shouldn't be able to fire IGs or other instruments of oversight.  He shouldn't be above the law or as argued by his lawyers -- immune even from investigation.   There is a real worry that if hospital data flows not to CDC but to some orchestrated system, the data won't be used legitimately but for political spin much as one of the quants working on Florida's COVID-19 website had accused that state's executives.

The POTUS isn't above the law. He can be, has been, and is being investigated. The problem is that if the Senate won't convict him no matter what he does, none of the reports from the IG or a Special Prosecutor or a Congressional hearing will ever matter. The same situation applies to the House, who can refuse to impeach him. I agree the POTUS has too much power. He has it because Congress simply refuses to do it's job. This is true not only in matters of presidential misconduct, but also in simple matters of governance, IMHO.

[Goose]

Sure the structure can be changed to help mitigate this type of situation.  The CEO analogy is very flawed because no CEO controls the police, the prosecutor's office, the SEC, etc.  Companies are constrained because the checks on it are external and cannot be corrupted by a corrupt CEO -- well, unless he's a super-villain.

The CEO analogy has flaws, I agree, but not in the area of oversight. The House of Representatives functions as the police force for the president. The Senate functions as a court of law during an impeachment trial. The checks on the POTUS are external and real. Unfortunately the Senate was "corrupted" by this POTUS. It didn't take much, so I don't give him super-villain credit. Even if you make the IG jobs lifetime appointments, nothing prevents the POTUS from directing his people not to cooperate. Given that the usual purpose of the IG is to investigate "down" towards people who are below the POTUS, the idea that they are much of a threat to the POTUS is already questionable. The current POTUS should have simply ignored them, not fired them. This POTUS has such poor impulse control he couldn't resist a "Your Fired" response. If the POTUS does not fear impeachment if he stonewalls the IG, the IG is powerless. Do you think the Senate would remove the president over moving a golf tournament to a Trump course? I think they should, but I am pretty sure that they wouldn't. If what went on regarding the Ukraine, which had direct implications to the USA, wasn't enough, improperly attempting to move a  golf tournament certainly isn't.

POTUS has too much power.  He shouldn't be able to fire IGs or other instruments of oversight.  He shouldn't be above the law or as argued by his lawyers -- immune even from investigation.   There is a real worry that if hospital data flows not to CDC but to some orchestrated system, the data won't be used legitimately but for political spin much as one of the quants working on Florida's COVID-19 website had accused that state's executives.

The POTUS isn't above the law. He can be, has been, and is being investigated. The problem is that if the Senate won't convict him no matter what he does, none of the reports from the IG or a Special Prosecutor or a Congressional hearing will ever matter. The same situation applies to the House, who can refuse to impeach him. I agree the POTUS has too much power. He has it because Congress simply refuses to do it's job. This is true not only in matters of presidential misconduct, but also in simple matters of governance, IMHO.