unit under the sole direction of the President, and according to this
theory of the unitary Executive, the legislative branch of Government
may not instruct executive branch agencies in the performance
of their duties…//… The Congress, you all, may require a Federal agency to report on some matter, but at best that requirement simply becomes a suggestion and probably one that will not be taken too seriously….//…any Presidential assertion of the right to ignore the law must be challenged or it will become precedent.
…//…I may not agree with the policies of the next
President. And future Presidents can rely on that unchallenged assertion
to disobey future laws; and if that happens, the Congress
of the United States will become irrelevant and the basic structure
of American Government will have been fundamentally changed.
The voice of the people, as expressed by their Representatives in
Congress, will have been considerably diminished”
VerDate
Sources not linked to in the article body:
· Cheney’s Law PBS Documentary
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