It is not, what happened is someone said “I have authority from the President which trumps your ‘frameworks’ and ‘processes’, and if you fight me on this you will be fired and then we’ll bring in your replacement with the same deal and repeat as necessary until there is compliance with our demands”.
The "base layer" has always been "men with guns".
If you fail to cooperate, an armed security guard will take your badge and escort you to the build exit.
If that security guard does not cooperate, another man with a gun can always be found.
> Finally, the CEO of a brokerage house explained that he had nearly completed building his own underground bunker system, and asked: “How do I maintain authority over my security force after the event?” The event. That was their euphemism for the environmental collapse, social unrest, nuclear explosion, solar storm, unstoppable virus, or malicious computer hack that takes everything down.
source: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/sep/04/super-rich-prep...
Without a US government the US greenback is worthless, and so is any power.