No penance would ever expiate the sin against free government of holding that a President can escape control of executive powers by law through assuming his military role.

Robert H. Jackson (1892-1954) US Supreme Court Justice (1941-54), lawyer, jurist, politician
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952) [concurring]

 
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