“Are you serious?”
Amazing as it seems, Presidents in the past have frequently ignored federal court rulings. Look at Lincoln’s history and how he ignored USC rulings about confederate POW’s. Also look at the oath of office that they take, “... will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States”. It doesn’t say as interpreted by the Federal courts, he is responsible for that interpretation and if he see’s it differently than the courts it is his responsibility to act accordingly. And up until FDR they did on occasion act against the courts view of the matter.
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Amazing as it seems, Presidents in the past have frequently ignored federal court rulings. Look at Lincoln’s history and how he ignored USC rulings about confederate POW’s. Also look at the oath of office that they take, “... will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States”. It doesn’t say as interpreted by the Federal courts, he is responsible for that interpretation and if he see’s it differently than the courts it is his responsibility to act accordingly. And up until FDR they did on occasion act against the courts view of the matter.
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But that doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. How can the judicial branch be considered a co-equal branch of government as it pertains to separation of powers if the executive branch (president) has the authority to just ignore any federal court rulings it doesn’t agree with or like? That would make the executive branch more powerful than the judicial branch, no?