The constitution of the Second Republic stipulates that the President possesses the undisputed supreme military command of all of France, and no one would question this power, which even the Legislative Assembly cannot shake.
However, the Permanent Committee did not anticipate that Jerome Bonaparte would disregard decorum so much as to choose to act in the Legislative Assembly.
This means that the President's executive power is not affected by the recess of the Legislative Assembly, while the legislative power held by the Legislative Assembly and the power to dissolve the Cabinet are stalled during recess. Naturally, the President's order for the Ministry of War to dismiss Changarnier comes as no surprise.
