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Compare and contrast. Emphasis mine.

He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States

Seems fairly cut and dried, no? Sadly, no.

President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.

I don't know. I don't see the part where it says the president shall take care that the Laws with which he agrees be faithfully executed. As I recall, his remedy for those laws with which he disagrees is known as a veto. He's never used it. He might like to try it sometime.

Frightening.

Via Heretical Ideas.