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To: Sully- who wrote (17653)	2/4/2006 9:39:28 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 35834

"PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY TO DECLINE TO EXECUTE UNCONSTITUTIONAL STATUTES" Andy McCarthy The Corner Imagine the hysteria at the New York Times if the Ashcroft Justice Department had issued formal legal guidance with such a title! Is there any doubt that we'd be hearing horrific reminders of Watergate, "torture memos," and "domestic spying"? Alas, this is the title of the formal guidance issued by the CLINTON Justice Department in 1994, to which I referred last evening. The Office of Legal Counsel Opinion, written by then-Assistant Attorney General Walter Dellinger to then-White House Counsel Abner Mikva, is available online here. usdoj.gov Evidently, presidential power -- including the authority to ignore statutory restrictions that would curtail the President's inherent power to collect foreign intelligence information and protect national security -- was worthy of vigorous defending when it was being wielded by a Democrat. corner.nationalreview.com corner.nationalreview.com