Eegore wrote on 10/16/19 at 13:00:53:"The President is absolutely head of the Justice Department. There is no ambiguity there. Everyone knows that."
According to the Dept. of Justice, the President is not Head of the DOJ, the Attorney General is. How are you arriving at your conclusion that the POTUS "heads" the DoJ?
https://www.justice.gov/aghttps://www.justice.gov "The Power of the Executive Branch is vested in the President of the United States." As such, all offices under the President are subordinate.
In my company, we have VP's of various departments who have wide latitude in operating their departments. The CEO may or may not choose to inject himself into the actions of those departments. Whether he does or not is immaterial, there is no ambiguity, he is the Head of Sales, the Head of Production, the Head of Marketing, etc.....
The President of the United States is the Head of the Executive Branch and the entities that fall under his authority. The Legislative Branch and any separate entity falling directly under it, are not under his control and he has no authority over them. The Judicial Branch and any entity falling directly under it, are not under his control and he has no authority over them. But the Justice Department is directly under the Executive Branch and as such, is ultimately headed up by the President.
You guy's problem is you're mixing your partisan political wishes with the structure of government. If someone can fire you, you are their subordinate.