[Political Junkie Too]

As I've written here, the problem I have with defining what is an "official" act is that it can often be triggered by external events outside the control of the President. My example of President Bush reading a storybook to schoolchildren when 9/11 happened is one such case.

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

[M. Thatcher]

I would like to see SCOTUS close that door forever by declaring the President's existence in office as being "core" to the job.

Yes. I'm saying the Supremes will likely rule that the question is not ripe for them YET.

[M. Thatcher]

I would like to see SCOTUS close that door forever by declaring the President's existence in office as being "core" to the job.

Yes. I'm saying the Supremes will likely rule that the question is not ripe for them YET.