The CEO Analogy
Jason Zengerle makes an interesting, but in my humble opinion very flawed analogy:
But what if the CEO of a publicly-traded company is bringing home flat-screen TVs and stereos from his stores without paying for them? Wouldn't that be considered stealing? Wouldn't the company's board and shareholders have reason to be upset? Or does Bush consider the United States and its government to be his own little Five and Dime, to be operated any way he sees fit?
As one of the commenters notes: The powers of the executive branch are vested in 1 person, the president. Among those powers is the power to declassify information, which President Bush did in this matter. End of story.
Now, one can criticize a presidential decision, just as one can criticize a Congressional law passed pursuant to the Commerce Clause, or a judicial decision made persuant to a court's Article 3 powers. But it's constitutionally ignorant to suggest the president's decision is somehow illegitimate.
For the analogy to work, said CEO has to work in an environment where he is granted, fundamentally, total control over his firms product. Where do I go to find that job?
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