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Bush vs The Constitution

By The Daily Dish
Dec 11 2007, 5:51 AM ET

"The executive action we have here originates in the will of the President and represents an exercise of authority without law. No penance would ever expiate the sin against free government of holding that a President can escape control of executive powers by law through assuming his military role," - Justice Robert Jackson in his concurring opinion, Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 1952.



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