The word “insurrection” has been liberally applied in the press to describe the January 6, 2021, Capitol Hill riot that ended with intrusion by demonstrators into the Capitol Building.  If the word “insurrection” can be applied there, then how about to the current efforts of federal bureaucrats to insulate themselves and their chosen policies from the control of newly re-elected President Trump?

In this post on October 1 (title: “The Greater ‘Threat To Democracy’ — Part III:  Democrats Rule Even If Republicans Win”), I discussed multiple instances of efforts within the Biden administration to insulate its policies from getting changed by a new administration elected by the voters.  Examples discussed in that post included efforts at NIH and EPA to entrench the idea that “The Science” somehow requires continuation of the policies of the current administration on things like Covid and climate change.  In that post, I promised more examples to come.  Here is a small roundup:

Ability to fire federal workers in “policy-making” positions

During his first term, President Trump continually struggled with a hostile bureaucracy that resisted implementation of his policies.  After almost four years of this struggle, Trump ultimately came up with a strategy for dealing with the resistance; but unfortunately the strategy finally crystallized just days before Trump was defeated for re-election in November 2020.