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Igel

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12. Esp. since the subject line is a strawman.

Reply to elleng (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 28, 2024, 05:42 PM

Apr 2024

The question is what's within the outer perimeter of presidential authority. Only in some (social, but not only,) media is that perimeter unbounded.

The SCOTUS questioning was to define where that "outer perimeter" might be.

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