The Pretextual Presidency

by James Taranto
Wall Street Journal
September 18, 2012

https://www.legal-project.org/3109/the-pretextual-presidency

Excerpt:

The photo of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula being led from his Cerritos, Calif., home has become an Internet sensation, giving rise, among other things, to a popular QuickMeme and a call from Glenn Reynolds for President Obama's resignation: "By sending--literally--brownshirted enforcers to engage in--literally--a midnight knock at the door of a man for the non-crime of embarrassing the President of the United States and his administration, President Obama violated that oath [to the Constitution]. You can try to pretty this up (It's just about possible probation violations! Sure.), or make excuses or draw distinctions, but that's what's happened. It is a betrayal of his duties as President, and a disgrace."

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