re: Another Obama appointee blocks Trump Travel ban.. same language as 1st judge

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This doesn't seem to make sense. THe president , by definition, can't have the authority to legally do something if it is unconstitutional

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Of course. But I'm saying (and maybe we are making the same point), but one could have the legal authority to do something, but that legal authority is still constrained by the Constitution.

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For example, by law the President can unilateraly order a wiretap on a US citizen who he , and he alone, feels is a dirct threat to the United States.

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Doesn't this refute that?

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there is no substantial likelihood that the surveillance will acquire the contents of any communication to which a United States person is a party

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So how can he legally wiretap a citizen, when it explicitly states that they must have substantial likelihood that a citizen's communications aren't going to included? Obviously, he could lie about the likelihood, but that would be a violation of that.

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And further, if you actually read the law that gives POTUS the authority ban immigration you will find a few things

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I'm not arguing that he doesn't have the legal authority, and I'm not arguing that's it's unconstitutional.

I'm just saying that every legal authority is constrained by the Constitution, even when it's sole authority. Again, maybe we're on the same page, but when the initial ban was instituted, some people seem to think that a sole authority was somehow immune from the Constitution.