Trump v. Slaughter · ¶40
“[S]ince the practice has become a settled practice, since every Administration has indulged in it, and since it must now be considered, as the legal construction of the Constitution, . . . it follows . . . that this power, thus legally vested in the President, must be exercised by him as independently of our control as any other power that is to be exercised by him under the Constitution.” Cong. Globe, 31st Cong., 1st Sess., 1126 (1850).Read in context ›
slip opinion, revised 7/07/26
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