Comment by Terr_
12 hours ago
> What data in a federal agency could the chief executive not have authorization to access?
Personally? For starters, he can't access anything the Legislature's laws say he can't.
The Executive is there to implement the law, and that includes obeying them him/her-self.
A President telling other people to break the law on his behalf by threatening to fire them is also a crime of extortion.
> he can't access anything the Legislature's laws say he can't.
Can the legislature make rules for the president without constitutional amendment?
I am interested- I’ll see if I can find examples.
war powers resolution
Also, it's a federal crime for the president to direct the IRS to audit someone: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/7217
Well, if the legislature truly cannot make any statue affecting the President, that has some terrifying implications.
It would mean a President is is legally permitted to ignore laws against raping a child on the sidewalk outside 1600 Pennsylvania avenue Ave then murdering all of Congress by blowing up the Capitol.
Recently, a majority on the Supreme Court has claimed there's immunity for "Official Acts", but hasn't laid out any rule for when an official-looking act is actually an unofficial one... They're basically reserving the right to decide later. (Ex: Officially ordering the US military to kill Congress and Supreme Court Justices.)
Not that I want to give the current one any more evil ideas.
> cannot make any statue affecting the President,
I didn’t say affecting - I said limiting the power of.
A regulatory procedure the president is asked to follow is different than saying “we made this information off limits”.
> President is is legally permitted to ignore laws against raping
That’s been beat to death. He would face impeachment + removal from office.
There was a 5 minute period after that ruling was published that I really hoped Joe would take the ruling to its logical conclusion, much as you did.