The Tyranny of the President Choosing His Own Staff

It indeed doesn’t get much more grimly hilarious than Dick Cheney’s lawyer pretending to be aghast at the “kingly power” what would result from the president being able to appoint the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services without congressional collaboration.

Matt is also right on the substantive point here.   Indeed, while Senate approval for judicial appointments might be a good idea it would probably would have been better to just let the president staff the executive branch unilaterally, with Congress perhaps retaining some removal power.