If the King could not dispense with the law, it was as illegal to attempt the collection of a penny as of a million pounds. If the President may disregard or violate the least law, all the laws are at his mercy. In the case of the President the constitutionality of the law is not now mooted. These are the questions. The best and wisest man in the Executive Chair could not be allowed to use his discretion in obeying the laws any more than the best and wisest Congress could be allowed to dispense altogether with the Executive.
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