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In reply to the discussion: Alito complains 'special' Trump shouldn't be 'subject to criminal laws like anybody else' [View all]24601
(3,963 posts)took issue with Nixon? There are more people than I could reasonably quantify.
That said, it remains true that some actions (see my post # 49) are exclusive to a President, and anyone else attempting the action would find zero legal support. For example, consider a hypothetical Bernie Sanders declaring that he has pardoned Julian Assange for all past crimes against the United States. I don't see that argument progressing with any Article III Court.
Conversely, not everything a President does is accepted as within Presidential authority. If President Biden wakes up Saturday and announces that he has declared war against Russia, it would not be accepted as legal since the power to declare war is delegated to Congress (Article 1, Section, 8, Clause 11).