Equates "advocating for the United States" with "advancing legally dubious / unconstitutional / illegal arguments made by the President"
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Noah Rosenblum
This is an absolutely remarkable memo — and a betrayal of both the Constitution and the American political tradition. In the US, by *explicit contrast* with interwar fascist governments, the state is not supposed to be an extension of the personality of the chief executive.
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The Supreme Court has held that “Congress is the final authority as to desirable public policy”
Board of Trustees of University of Alabama v. Garrett, 531 US 356,374 (2001)