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Exilednight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-16-10 06:11 AM
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62. In rare cases he can, and this is one of those cases ..........
If a president comes out and says that a certain law is unconstitutional, he can unilaterally decide not to defend the law if it is challenged in court. Oddly enough, it was Chief Justice Roberts who wrote this suggestion.
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