US Constitution Article 2, Section 3
… he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.
This is the provision Lincoln used to exercise extraordinary Presidential powers during emergencies which threaten the US.
The government is operating under a COG in accordance with Emergency EO’s and PEADS related to foreign interference in the 2020 election. The legitimate government is sustained in part with non governmental groups and individuals, and with dispersed official entities until the emergency is over and the government is reconstituted. It’s the same as if DC was hit with a tactical nuc…