The President has the authority to decline to enforce an unconstitutional law

Let me start with a general proposition that I believe to be uncontroversial: there are circumstances in which the President may appropriately decline to enforce a statute that he views as unconstitutional.

1994 Memorandum to White House Counsel Abner Mikva by Assistant Attorney General Walter Dellinger

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