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To: Mariner
However, nothing compels a POTUS to defend any law or appeal an adverse ruling with this exception: "Support and Defend the Constitution" (as expanded by law is unspoken)

Au contraire - mon Frere ...

Article VI, Clauses II and III:

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

The phrase, "This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; ..." states that the Constitution AND the laws enacted pursuant are TOGETHER the supreme law of the land ...

And, the third Clause of Article VI REQUIRES that ALL Senators, Representatives, Executive Officers, and Judicial Officers [BOTH Federal AND State] shall be BOUND to support the Constitution ...

This means BOTH the Constitution AND the laws enacted pursuant thereof ...

136 posted on 02/23/2011 7:27:58 PM PST by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...</i><p>)
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To: Lmo56
"This means BOTH the Constitution AND the laws enacted pursuant thereof ... "

That's what I said too.

The issue is ENFORCEMENT.

Short of Impeachment or the Withholding of of funds, there is no mechanism of enforcement. A POTUS can still act as he chooses.

143 posted on 02/23/2011 9:06:27 PM PST by Mariner (USS Tarawa, VQ3, USS Benjamin Stoddert, NAVCAMS WestPac, 7th Fleet, Navcommsta Puget Sound)
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