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The function of the President is to carry out the law. The 3 letter agencies were generally created by laws passed by Congress, and in those cases the President cannot dissolve them. The President cannot even refuse to give the agencies the money that Congress allocated to them, per the The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, and per the unanimous SCOTUS decision in in *Train v. City of New York*[1].
1: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/420/35/
Edit to add: Article II, Section 3: "he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed"
You can't faithfully execute a law saying "have a Central Intelligence Agency" by dissolving the CIA.
Either I'm completely misunderstanding your argument or you should maybe read the Constitution and/or take a civics class.
Comment by AnarchyAuthority at 28/11/2024 at 06:12 UTC
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Jesus it’s like you people have never even had a civics class.
The function of the President definitely isn’t just to carry out the law, it’s also to be the head of the Executive Branch and the commander in chief. Choosing to dissolve part of the executive branch (ie one of the agencies) could be taken to a court but it’s definitely not a given that he can’t.