ricecake , 2 months ago

No, you very much don’t understand how the government works.
Federal agencies operate with the force of law because they were given regulatory power derived from Congress. The ability for the DEA to manage drug scheduling is derived from it’s congressional creation. They can’t execute the process as they wish, but have to follow the rules created by Congress for them to change the scheduling.

…maine.edu/…/can-the-president-reschedule-or-desc…

There’s a law professor explaining it in nice short form.

crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/LSB/LSB10655

A more in depth analysis from the congressional research service.

Tldr: you are mistaken as to how it works.