When a president declares he's not bound by law ...(PERSPECTIVES)(Column)

Publication: Sarasota Herald Tribune

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Byline: Thomas Tryon

Law professor Michael P. Allen teaches civil procedure, remedies, complex litigation and other sizzling subjects. He spoke recently to hundreds of local lawyers about a "non-event."

How compelling is that? Tantalizing as the banquet circuit's chicken of the day?

It depends on whether you care about the U.S. Constitution. Depends, also, on whether you care about the answers to questions such as:

* Can executive branch agencies unilaterally pre-empt state laws by federal fiat?

* Can the president refuse to enforce parts of federal law, either because he disagrees with them or believes they impinge upon the authority...

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