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David J. Barron, Constitutionalism in the Shadow of Doctrine: The President's Non-enforcement Power, 63 J.L. & Contemp. Probs. 61 (2000).


Abstract: Barron challenges the court-centered approach to the scope of the President's non-enforcement power. He contends that a President, notwithstanding that he considers himself bound by the Supreme Court's constitutional interpretations, should resolve three distinct questions in determining whether he may faithfully decline to enforce a statute by virtue of its unconstitutionality.