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In Defense Of The Obama Administration's Non-Defense Of Doma, Daniel J. Crooks Iii
In Defense Of The Obama Administration's Non-Defense Of Doma, Daniel J. Crooks Iii
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The Constitution charges the President with the duty to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed . . . .” Moreover, the President takes an oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Although “[g]enerally, these duties are compatible . . ., when the Executive faces a law that he believes is unconstitutional, he must decide whether the law should be executed as written and defended if attacked, or whether the duty of faithfulness to the Constitution requires its repudiation.” This decision belongs to the President alone as the head of a co-equal branch of …