This is the nature of being the sole elected official of the executive branch. The President can't "punch a timeclock" every time he starts doing an "official" act and then punch out when he's done with that act. Then next whisper in his ear might be a national emergency, whether he's giving a speech on the Mall or having dinner with donors.
Rahm Emanuel famously told Obama to "never let a crisis go to waste." What's going to happen when the Democrats and the LAAP-dog media figure out how create a crisis by entrapping the President into "non-core" acts and then begin harassing him over his liabilities due to those acts?
I would like to see SCOTUS close that door forever by declaring the President's existence in office as being "core" to the job.
-PJ
Yes. I'm saying the Supremes will likely rule that the question is not ripe for them YET.
Yes. I'm saying the Supremes will likely rule that the question is not ripe for them YET.