Letters to the Editor
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Tony Snow: Less Than Zero
Mr. Snow neglected to include the part where the President must faithfully execute the office - which means if, say, there's a law making warrantless wiretapping a felony = he can't violate it.
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Further, the Constituion states clearly that
[The] Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land
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which means that since the US ratified the Geneva Accords, no stupid freakin' Presidential finding can be used to defeat the clear intent of the supreme law of the land. The day of accounting approaches - at some point the Supreme Court will address these issues, and, as Justice Kennedy said to the ABA last month:
The rule of law is binding upon the government and all of its officials