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The framers had a plan to protect us from Elon Musk

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Elon Musk joined a cabinet meeting in which he delivered a tongue-lashing to Marco Rubio .

Rubio is the Senate -confirmed Secretary of State , while Musk is a mere adviser to the president.

Musk 's exercise of vast authority, at least four lawsuits allege, is unconstitutional, as he was neither confirmed by the Senate nor is serving in any role Congress created.

The courts will eventually decide if Musk is an employee, an inferior officer, or a principal officer.

A finding he is either type of officer would raise constitutional problems because his position was not created by Congress .

Trump is relying upon unitary executive theory to back his decisions to remove commissioners across the government and take over the decision-making of independent agencies.

Elon Musk’s role fails logic of Roberts ’ opinions justifying the unitary executive theory.

The Framers were fearful of recreating what they saw as pervasive corruption in the British system they had overthrown.

The Appointments Clause was not dropped into the Constitution without significant thought, and it's no accident its become a vehicle to stop Musk.

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