"John T" wrote in message
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The same authority that allowed creation of the Department of State, the
Department of Defense, etc. My guess is it's within the realm of Article
2, Section 2. There's also Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18.

But I'm not a Constitutional lawyer.


I can see Constitutional authority for the Department of Defense in Clauses
11 through 16 of Article 1 Section 8, and I can see Constitutional authority
for the Department of State in Clauses 3 and 10, and also in Article 2,
Section 2, Clause 2. But I don't see any Constitutional authority for the
Department of Agriculture anywhere in the Constitution. Could you be more
specific?